"Jesus Was a Jew" - Orit Ramon, Inés Gabel, Varda Wasserman

"Jesus Was a Jew"

Presenting Christians and Christianity in Israeli State Education
Buch | Hardcover
254 Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6074-0 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
This book scrutinizes the presentations of Christians and Christianity in Israeli state education system. It reveals that despite the changes in Jewish-Christian relations in the last century and the power relations between Jews and Christians in Israel, Christianity has a crucial role in the construction of modern Jewish identity in Israel.
Is the historical rivalry between Jews and Christians forgotten in modern Israel? Do Jewish-Israeli young people partake in the historic memory of the polemics between the two religions? This book scrutinizes the presentations of Christians and Christianity in Israeli school curricula, textbooks, and teaching in the state education system, in an attempt to elucidate the role of relations to Christianity in the construction of modern Jewish-Israeli identity. The study reveals that despite the changes in Jewish-Christian relations, that took place during the 20th century, and despite the change in power relations between Jews and Christians in Israel—as expressed in the Israeli control of the most holy Christian sites since the Six-Day War (1967), and in the fact that Christians in Israel are a tiny minority—Christianity is a key factor in the construction of modern Jewish-Israeli identity. The data gathered in this research demonstrate the resounding presence of Jewish exilic notions of Christians and Christianity in today's Israeli education system, its part in the emergence of Israeli religious and national notions, and its role in the construction of modern Jewish identity in Israel.

Orit Ramon is member of the Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies at the Open University of Israel. Inés Gabel is member of the Department of Sociology, Political Sciences, and Communication at the Open University of Israel. Varda Wasserman is professor at the Open University of Israel.

List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………………..

Preface ....................................................................................................................................

Chapter 1 - A short introduction to Jewish-Christian relations .......................................

Chapter 2 - Israel's Hebrew-speaking school system: A brief overview..........................



Part One: Teaching Christianity in Class



Chapter 3 - Teaching about Christians and Christianity in Israeli curricula....................

Chapter 4 - Portrayals of Christians and Christianity in Israeli textbooks.....................

Chapter 5 - Instruction and teachers...............................................................................



Part Two: Teaching Christianity out of Class - Guiding at Christian Sites



Chapter 6: Itineraries and Guides’ Narratives................................................................

Chapter 7 - Survey analysis of teacher and guide traineesʼ stances on Christians, Christianity, and teaching about Christianity in the schools.....................

Discussion............................................................................................................................

Epilogue...............................................................................................................................

Bibliography.......................................................................................................................

About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 161 x 233 mm
Gewicht 562 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Judentum
ISBN-10 1-4985-6074-1 / 1498560741
ISBN-13 978-1-4985-6074-0 / 9781498560740
Zustand Neuware
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