The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany

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book historical study

The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany is a historical study examining how Protestant theologians in Nazi Germany reinterpreted Jesus and the Bible to align Christianity with racist, antisemitic ideology.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ historical study ⓘ
academicDiscipline	Jewish studies ⓘ history ⓘ religious studies ⓘ theology ⓘ
addresses	attempts to de-Judaize Christianity ⓘ reinterpretation of the Old Testament ⓘ relationship between Christianity and antisemitism ⓘ theological complicity in the Holocaust ⓘ
aimsTo	analyze reinterpretations of Jesus and the Bible ⓘ show theological support for Nazi racism ⓘ
author	Susannah Heschel NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
examines	collaboration of theologians with the Nazi state ⓘ how Jesus was portrayed as Aryan ⓘ institutional structures of Nazi-era Protestantism ⓘ removal of Jewish elements from the New Testament ⓘ use of the Bible to legitimize racism ⓘ
focusesOn	Nazi ideology ⓘ Protestant theologians ⓘ racist biblical interpretation ⓘ theological support for antisemitic policies ⓘ
genre	Holocaust studies ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ religious history ⓘ
hasPerspective	critical of Christian antisemitism ⓘ critical of Nazi ideology ⓘ
intendedAudience	readers interested in Christian-Jewish relations ⓘ readers interested in Holocaust history ⓘ scholars ⓘ students ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Christian antisemitism ⓘ German Christian movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Church Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestant theology in Nazi Germany ⓘ reinterpretation of Jesus ⓘ
publicationType	scholarly monograph ⓘ
publisher	Princeton University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ Nazi era ⓘ

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