‘Judas’ Documentary -Did the Four Gospels Lead To The Holocaust?
by Dr. D ~ April 10th, 2006
However, one must remember that Jesus & the disciples were all Jewish and worshipped in Jewish Synagogues & at the Jewish Temple. They did not oppose the Jewish religion, but did oppose the Jewish leaders of the 1st century and their contemporary teachings and interpretations. The writers of the Gospels were merely defending their own understanding of ‘true’ religion & their sect against the contemporary Jewish leadership. Later generations misinterpreted some of the texts and used them in persecuting the Jewish people. The original writers would undoubtedly be horrified to see how their writings were quoted and misused.
After WWII, Christian Leaders & Theologians have addressed these incorrect interpretations. The NT Gospels must be interpreted in their 1st century context. In that context, they are not anti-Semitic nor can they be.
*Note-Historical Fact: The Dialectical Materialism, Feuerbach, & especially Nietzsche, provided the philosophical underpinnings for the Nazi Movement. Also, Hitler was known to be heavily into the ‘occult’ and was not sympathetic to Christianity.