Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Source
Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Religion
Location
Atlanta, GA
Publication Date
10-2010
Department
Religion and Philosophy
Abstract
Had a rabbi attended the World Missionary Conference at Edinburgh in 1910, that rabbi’s ambivalence may have been equaled only by that of the delegates. This presentation will demonstrate how the conference’s first commission report expressed both philo- and anti-Semitism, affirming the value of the world’s Jewish population while portraying it as a threat. This juxtaposition reveals the conference as ahead of its time, in some regards, and an event rooted in the values of its time, in others.
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