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8 - The State of Israel to the Election of Pope John Paul II

1948–1978

from Part III - 1800 to the Present Day

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2024

By
Karma Ben-Johanan
Edited by
Edward Kessler  and
Neil Wenborn
Edward Kessler
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Summary

This chapter presents a fundamental change in Jewish–Christian relations and an overcoming of the anti-Jewish Christian tradition in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, notably the impact of Nostra aetate. This period witnessed a rediscovery of the Jewishness of Jesus and Paul as well as the significance of the establishment of the State of Israel.

Keywords

Vatican IIland and State of Israelresponses to the HolocaustNostra aetate
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A Documentary History of Jewish–Christian Relations
From Antiquity to the Present Day
 , pp. 397 - 451
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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