Political Theology, Vol 10, No 3 (2009)

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John Calvin and the Jews: A Problem in Political Theology

David C. Steinmetz

Abstract


Although John Calvin rejected the angry invective of Martin Luther against the Jews, he nevertheless agreed with him that Christian biblical interpretation was a more reliable guide to the mind of the patriarchs in Genesis than the exegesis of Rabbinic Judaism. The Hebrew Bible was therefore properly understood as Christian Scripture and had always been addressed to the Church as well as to ancient Israel.

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