{"product_id":"aryan-jesus-christian-theologians-and-the-bible-in-nazi-germany","title":"Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSusannah Heschel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780691148052\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePrinceton University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. In \u003ci\u003eThe Aryan Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, Susannah Heschel shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on years of archival research, \u003ci\u003eThe Aryan Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e examines the membership and activities of this controversial theological organization. With headquarters in Eisenach, the Institute sponsored propaganda conferences throughout the Nazi Reich and published books defaming Judaism, including a dejudaized version of the New Testament and a catechism proclaiming Jesus as the savior of the Aryans. Institute members--professors of theology, bishops, and pastors--viewed their efforts as a vital support for Hitler's war against the Jews. Heschel looks in particular at Walter Grundmann, the Institute's director and a professor of the New Testament at the University of Jena. Grundmann and his colleagues formed a community of like-minded Nazi Christians who remained active and continued to support each other in Germany's postwar years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Aryan Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e raises vital questions about Christianity's recent past and the ambivalent place of Judaism in Christian thought.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany | Susannah Heschel | Paperback | 9780691148052 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks R 1781719","offer_id":49966760591512,"sku":"1781719","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61ltudIv-pL.jpg?v=1790024856","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/aryan-jesus-christian-theologians-and-the-bible-in-nazi-germany","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}