The Trial of Jesus - A Jewish Perspective
Dr. Mark W. Weisstuch
A 4-session Class
Wednesdays, April 22, 29, May 6, 13
6:30 – 8:00 PM
$160/$80 Temple Emanu-El members
"His blood be on us and on our children!" the Gospel of Matthew tells us the Jews proclaimed at the trial of Jesus. With that infamous declaration, the collective guilt of the Jews in the killing of Jesus became a cornerstone of Christian theology, the impetus for campaigns of vilification and murderous pogroms. Although the Second Vatican Council, in 1965, mitigated that curse, a 2017 Anti-Defamation League survey found that 26 percent of Americans continue to believe Jews were responsible for Jesus’s death. This course will examine the history of Jesus’s trial itself, consider the convulsive impact the curse has had on the treatment of Jews and explore the extent to which this Christian tenet lingers.
The Pincus Family Course in Jewish Studies
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