Antijudaismus/Antisemitismus im Theologischen Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament

Abstract

A considerable number of the contributors to the first four volumes of the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, edited by G. Kittel between 1933 and 1942, was influenced by antisemitic ideas. Some of them were even active in antisemitic institutions. Apart from this there was the impact of a long tradition of theological anti-judaism.

In this article, the author tries to answer the question how far the historical exegesis in these volumes was influenced by political or theological prejudices.