An Essential Book
For Our Times
Antisemitism continues to rise in the US and worldwide. Meanwhile, Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski argues that Christian practice also continues to retain strains of anti-Judaism. In Resisting Anti-Judaism, Joslyn-Siemiatkoski helps Christians understand the distinctions and links between antisemitism and anti-Judaism. In doing so, Christians become better equipped to respond to both forms of animus toward Jews and Judaism. The book employs an anti-oppression context that recognizes that solidarity with one marginalized group encourages solidarity with others.
As a respected scholar of Jewish-Christian relations, Joslyn-Siemiatkoski situates anti-Judaism in a context of religious practice. Then, he presents alternative practices that help Christians respond to implicit anti-Judaism, which has been embedded, often-times unaware, throughout Christian practice since the second century. Resisting Anti-Judaism explores preaching and proclamation, use of lectionaries, worship practices, and Christian education as resources for clergy and congregational leaders to formulate alternatives to anti-Judaism.
Joslyn-Siemiatkoski argues that by attending to such religious practices, Christians also become better positioned to stand in solidarity with Jews in countering the rise of antisemitism throughout our communities at large. Resisting Anti-Judaism is a well-timed resource for Christian clergy, worship leaders, religious educators, and other leaders who are dedicated to solidarity as an embedded commitment within Christian practice.
Praise for Resisting Anti-Judaism
“Resisting Anti-Judaism is ‘the’ book for our time.” — Peter W. Ochs, The University of Virginia
“Joslyn-Siemiatkoski does more than critique; he offers thoughtful suggestions for conversations, preaching, and teaching.” — Wil Gafney, Brite Divinity School
“At every turn, Resisting Anti-Judaism offers valuable practical suggestions to promote solidarity and friendship between Christians and Jews.” == Philip A. Cunningham, St. Joseph’s University
Other Books by Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs
Although martyrs for Torah, the Maccabean martyrs were venerated by early Christians . Joslyn-Siemiatkoski shows that Christians constructed memories of these martyrs that both appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity.
The More Torah, The More Life
Joslyn-Siemiatkoski offers a comparative theological commentary on Pirkei Avot, a classic collection of Jewish wisdom sayings. In it, he shows how Christians have much to learn from the Jewish reverence for Torah and challenges readers to more deeply engage Judaism as a graced tradition.
