Comparative Theology after the Shoah: Risks, Pivots and Opportunities of Comparing Traditions

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    Abstract

    Marianne Moyaert shows the potentially violent nature of comparisons between Jewish and Christian scriptures by recollecting the story of the sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau and exploring how it has been interpreted. She notes some classical Christian (and anti-Jewish) readings of this story, which to her mind are exemplary of what Nicholson has termed the “old comparative theology.” Consequently, she formulates some ground rules for comparative theology after the Shoah, such as may help minimize the problem of violence in the comparative use of another’s tradition. In the last section of her chapter, she makes the proposed ground rules come alive by returning to the Jacob and
    Esau saga. A careful study of this story together with rabbinic interpretations—including contemporary readings such as that of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks—not only interrupts thought patterns of replacement and substitution but also initiates constructive theological reflections about the relation between Esau and Jacob, Church and Synagogue, and Christians and Jews.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHow to Do Comparative Theology
    Subtitle of host publicationEuropean and American Perspectives in Dialogue
    EditorsFrancis Clooney, Klaus von Stosch
    PublisherFordham University Press
    Chapter8
    Pages165-188
    Number of pages16
    ISBN (Electronic)9780823278435, 9780823280513
    ISBN (Print)9780823278411, 9780823278404
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Publication series

    NameComparative Theology: Thinking across traditions
    PublisherFordham University Press
    Volume2

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