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	~~'''Aryan Jesus''' refers to a series of pseudo-scientific (and largely antisemitic) speculations about the "non-Jewish" racial identity of [[Jesus of Nazareth]].~~

	*See also [[:Category:Jesus the Jew (subject)\|Jesus the Jew]]

	~~==Overview==~~

	The tendency of Christians of all centuries has been to portrait Jesus as "one of them." As Christianity was predominantly an European phenomenon, the image of Jesus as a "white male" became standard in Christian iconography. In the colonial context, such an image was "exported," first in the Americas and then in Africa and Asia, to affirm European cultural and racial superiority.

	The growth of antisemitic attitudes in late 19th century increased self consciousness in defining Jesus' racial identity. The more historical research pointed at recovering the Jewish, middle Eastern origins of Jesus, the more the blue-eyed, blond Jesus appeared as an indispensable barrier against racial contamination.

	Nazism brought this reactionary trend to the most extreme consequences by idealizing a non-Jewish, "Aryan Jesus" as champion of white supremacy. On the other hand, Jewish authors offered the first conscious depictions of Jesus as a Jew.

	During the War, Hitler sponsored at Jena the activities of the ''Institut zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das deutsche kirchliche Leben / Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life'' (1939-1945), directed by [[Walter Grundmann]].

	In spite of the tragic outcome of the Holocaust and the formal rejection of racial discrimination by mainstream Christianity, many of the traditional stereotypes of "Aryan Jesus" have survived in the contemporary imaginary of Jesus. No longer a self-conscious icon of ideological propaganda, the Aryan Jesus is facing the challenge of alternative views--either cultural (see [[Black Jesus]], [[Asian Jesus]], etc.) or historical (see [[Jesus the Jew]]).

	~~'''Gabriele Boccaccini''', University of Michigan~~

	~~==External links==~~


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Gabriele Boccaccini at 22:28, 11 January 2012

2012-01-11T22:28:17Z

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Gabriele Boccaccini at 15:49, 14 October 2011

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Gabriele Boccaccini at 15:48, 14 October 2011

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	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[:Category:Aryan Jesus (subject)]]		*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Aryan Jesus (sources)]]
			*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Aryan Jesus (subject)]]


			'''Aryan Jesus''' refers to a series of pseudo-scientific (and largely antisemitic) speculations about the "non-Jewish" racial identity of [[Jesus of Nazareth]].

			*See also [[:Category:Jesus the Jew (subject)\|Jesus the Jew]]

			==Overview==

			The tendency of Christians of all centuries has been to portrait Jesus as "one of them." As Christianity was predominantly an European phenomenon, the image of Jesus as a "white male" became standard in Christian iconography. In the colonial context, such an image was "exported," first in the Americas and then in Africa and Asia, to affirm European cultural and racial superiority.

			The growth of antisemitic attitudes in late 19th century increased self consciousness in defining Jesus' racial identity. The more historical research pointed at recovering the Jewish, middle Eastern origins of Jesus, the more the blue-eyed, blond Jesus appeared as an indispensable barrier against racial contamination.

			Nazism brought this reactionary trend to the most extreme consequences by idealizing a non-Jewish, "Aryan Jesus" as champion of white supremacy. On the other hand, Jewish authors offered the first conscious depictions of Jesus as a Jew.

			During the War, Hitler sponsored at Jena the activities of the ''Institut zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das deutsche kirchliche Leben / Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life'' (1939-1945), directed by [[Walter Grundmann]].

			In spite of the tragic outcome of the Holocaust and the formal rejection of racial discrimination by mainstream Christianity, many of the traditional stereotypes of "Aryan Jesus" have survived in the contemporary imaginary of Jesus. No longer a self-conscious icon of ideological propaganda, the Aryan Jesus is facing the challenge of alternative views--either cultural (see [[Black Jesus]], [[Asian Jesus]], etc.) or historical (see [[Jesus the Jew]]).

			'''Gabriele Boccaccini''', University of Michigan

			==External links==


			[[Category:Index]]
			[[Category:Topics]]

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