The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany

by Susannah Heschel

Book Overview

Was 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 The Aryan Jesus, Susannah Heschel shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691148058
• ISBN13: 9780691148052
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"