The Position of Martin Luther toward Jews and Judaism: Historical, Social, and Theological Avenues.
During his career and especially in the later stage of it, Martin Luther made numerous venomous comments and wrote several violently anti-Semitic tracts. This article seeks to contextualize Luther's attitudes toward the Jews and Judaism from several perspectives: It considers the reformer's "Judeoph...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Religion Vol. 103; no. 4; pp. 431 - 482 |
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University of Chicago Press
Oct2023
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