Long (45-70 mins)
New Testament
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S3E3: Christian Anti-Judaism and the Tanakh: An Interview with Matthew Thiessen
Theologian
Matthew Thiessen
Duration
54.5
Uploaded to YouTube
16 February 2022
Added to Database
11 November 2025
YouTube description
In this episode, we interview Dr. Matthew Thiessen, associate professor Religious Studies at McMaster University. We discuss the anti-Jewish bias often brought to the scriptures by traditional Christian readings of the Tanakh, and how this bias radically affects our readings of Jesus and Paul.
Show notes:
How Dr. Thiessen got into New Testament studies (4:00) How Dr. Thiessen’s work has been aimed at anti-Jewish bias in Christian readings of the New Testament (7:02) A quick survey of anti-Jewish theology (10:04) Anti-Jewish Christian theology from the Holocaust onward (15:30) Anti-Jewish bias and our reading of Jesus (26:16) Anti-Jewish bias and our reading of Paul (38:01)