Jesus the Pharisee: Leon Modena, the Historical Jesus, and Renaissance Venice

This article is devoted to Leon Modena's anti-Christian polemical work Magen ve-herev (1643 ca.) as a useful source for the reconstruction of notions about the historical Jesus in the early modern period. In this work, Modena depicts Jesus in a sympathetic way, placing his religious activity ag...

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Main Author: Facchini, Cristiana 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 81-101
Further subjects:B renaissance Venice
B Magen ve-herev
B Historical Jesus
B Leon Modena
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Summary:This article is devoted to Leon Modena's anti-Christian polemical work Magen ve-herev (1643 ca.) as a useful source for the reconstruction of notions about the historical Jesus in the early modern period. In this work, Modena depicts Jesus in a sympathetic way, placing his religious activity against the backdrop of second Temple Judaism. Modena's Jesus is fully Jewish, and Magen ve-herev offers different perspectives on the religious and historical context of Jesus' life, and on the development of Christianity. The text is interpreted not exclusively against the backdrop of Jewish anti-Christian polemics but as the result of an increasing interest in the history of Christianity and ecclesiastical history, mainly as a response to the religious strife that resonated in the Republic of Venice and its ghetto.
ISSN:1745-5197
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455197-01701003