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Henry, Martin (2005) Christianity and Anti-Semitism. Irish Theological Quarterly, 70 (4). p. 362.
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Abstract
Matricide is an awe-inspiring crime. To kill another human being is vile enough, to kill oneâs own mother, to deprive of life the person who gave one life, is to move into a different dimension of horror. It represents an almost metaphysical assault on the very order of reality. Yet, if scholars are correct who tell us that Christianity sprang from Judaism, then Christian anti-Semitism, which has frequently in the course of history not stopped short of murder, could be interpreted as a form of matricide, of religious or, at least, religiously inspired matricide.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Anti-Semitism, Christianity, Matricide |
| Academic Unit: | St Patrick's College, Maynooth > Faculty of Theology |
| Item ID: | 649 |
| Depositing User: | Martin Henry |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2007 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Theological Quarterly |
| Publisher: | Pontifical University Maynooth |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/649 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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