Orthodox Liturgy and Anti-Judaism

The aim of this volume is to deepen the academic discussion on the topic of anti-Judaism in the Orthodox liturgy and to offer to a broader circle of readers a foundation for further debate. The volume contains selected contributions from the international conference Byzantine Liturgy and the Jews" held in Sibiu in July 2019.

Anti-Jewish sentiment in the Orthodox liturgy was and still is one of the main stumbling blocks for the JewishOrthodox Christian encounter. In the last five decades, this subject has often been mentioned during official dialogues between the two religious communities, but very few concrete steps have been made in academic or religious contexts on either side. This volume offers a selected anthology of contributions delivered at the conference "Byzantine Liturgy and the Jews", held in Sibiu in 2019. The collection covers the post-Byzantine, modern and contemporary periods of the Orthodox liturgy, considering both liturgical texts and artifacts. The work explores the reverberations of the much-debated anti-Jewish elements into the twentieth century and their reception by present-day believers. This volume intends to foster a more in-depth discussion on this subject within the academic context and to offer a foundation for further debates involving the religious institutions.

Autorentext

Alexandru Ioni is a researcher at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. Following his theological studies, he completed his PhD on the Patristic Reception of Romans 9-11. His main areas of research include the Byzantine liturgical reception of biblical texts and Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Stefan Tobler is Full Professor of Systematic Theology at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. He pursued his studies in Zürich, Amsterdam (PhD), and Tübingen (Habilitation). His primary research interests include the theological dialogue between Orthodoxy and Protestantism, mystical theology, and Muslim-Christian dialogue. Additionally, he focuses on human dignity and poverty, particularly concerning the Roma minority.

Inhalt

Table of contents Introduction - The Self through the Other in Byzantine and JewishLiturgies: A Comparative Exercise - Quoting Scripture against the Jews during the Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church - The Liturgical Prayer in the Sight of the Gospel: How are Jews Presented? - Die antijüdischen Stellen des Neuen Testamentsals besondere Texte des frühesten Christentums Missing the (Theophanic) Point: A Blind Spot in Patristic Scholarship and Its Consequences for Understanding Anti-Jewish Texts in Byzantine Festal Hymns - The Strained Relationship between Venerating Old Testament Saints and Singing Anti-Jewish Hymns during Holy Week in the Byzantine Rite* - The Post-Byzantine Anti-Jewish Literature - Anti-Jewish Trends in Late Byzantium: the Example of The Painting Manuals - Representations of the Sanhedrin in Post-Byzantine Art Following the Example of a 19th Century Icon in Uliskié Krivé - The Long Shadow of Byzantine Anti-Jewish Liturgical Texts: The Church Slavonic Service to Martyr Gavriil of Biaystok - Reforming by Translating or Omitting: The Case of Orthodox Holy Week Hymns in the Greek-American Context- The Romanian Orthodox Church and the Homiletical Construction of Jewishness in the Interwar Period (1918-1940) - Antisemitic Tropes in the Liturgy of the Saints of the Communist Prisons in Post-Communist Romania - Reception of the Liturgical Hymns by Christian Orthodox