Heschel, Susannah.

The Aryan Jesus : Christian theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany / Susannah Heschel. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008. - xvii, 339 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-325) and index.

Introduction: Theology and race -- Draining Jesus of Jewishness -- The Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Church Life, 1939 to 1942 -- Projects of the Institute -- The making of Nazi theologians -- The Faculty of Theology at the University of Jena -- The postwar years -- Conclusion: Crucified or resurrected : Institute theology in postwar Germany.

9780691125312 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691125317 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008012566

GBA8A5499 bnb

014708165 Uk


Institut zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des JuÌdischen Einflusses auf das Deutsche Kirchliche Leben.


German-Christian movement.
National socialism and religion.
Church and state--History--Germany--1933-1945.
Protestant churches--History--Germany--20th century.
Judaism (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.

BR856 / .H476 2008

274.3/0823