The Jews and Anti-Judaism in John's Gospel (~2.5h)
Does the Gospel of John genuinely express anti-Judaic ideas? In his first-century CE narrative, "the Jews" (hoi Iudaioi; οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι) do frequently oppose Jesus. Reading the story as an outsider, one may even feel that Jesus himself is not a Jew, and neither are his disciples. Yet we know that all gospels take place in Judea, in Galilee, and only non-Jews present in the story are Pontius Pilate and a handful of Romans. How can words written by a Jewish author be anti-Jewish? Non-Jews began embracing the "good news" message decades after the resurrection. Yet John's gospel has been the favorite go-to text to use in church polemics with the Jews. There is more below the surface. Are you someone who is willing to look beyond the rhetoric to discover what it's really all about? Below are some lectures on the topic that can help (recorded live).
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Whom can John have in mind as he makes references to "the Jews" throughout his gospel? In the next video segments, I consider and reason through several possibilities.
