In
“The Messiah Controversy: Who Are the Jews Waiting For?” (Hebrew), he sheds new
light on the trial of Jesus, who was sentenced to death by a Jewish court and
executed by the Romans in 30 C.E. After billions of Christians were taught over
many centuries that the Jews were responsible for Jesus’ death, Knohl sets out
to reexamine this convention.
“The
notion that Jesus was put to death by ‘the Jewish people’ is fundamentally
wrong. The great majority of the Jewish people did not accept Jesus as the
Messiah, but espoused a messianic outlook that was basically similar to his,”
he says, adding that today, “after centuries of enmity between Christendom and
the Jewish people, which was wrongfully accused of bearing the guilt for Jesus’
crucifixion, surely the time has come to reexamine the events in their
historical, religious and social context.”
If
Prof. Israel Knohl is right, history books will require rewriting and Church
sermons around the world will have to be rethought. Continue reading at:
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