{"product_id":"9780691148052","title":"The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003eWas Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. In \u003ci\u003eThe Aryan Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, Susannah Heschel shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of archival research, \u003ci\u003eThe Aryan Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e examines the membership and activities of this controversial theological organization. With headquarters in Eisenach, the Institute sponsored propaganda conferences throughout the Nazi Reich and published books defaming Judaism, including a dejudaized version of the New Testament and a catechism proclaiming Jesus as the savior of the Aryans. Institute members—professors of theology, bishops, and pastors—viewed their efforts as a vital support for Hitler's war against the Jews. Heschel looks in particular at Walter Grundmann, the Institute's director and a professor of the New Testament at the University of Jena. Grundmann and his colleagues formed a community of like-minded Nazi Christians who remained active and continued to support each other in Germany's postwar years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Aryan Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e raises vital questions about Christianity's recent past and the ambivalent place of Judaism in Christian thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014082347248,"sku":"9780691148052","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780691148052_p0.jpg?v=1763610182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780691148052","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}