TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schoeps, Julius H.
T1  - Vergiftetes Kulturerbe
BT  - Die Debatte um die Entfernung der Judensau-Skulpturen aus den Kirchen etwas weitergedacht
JF  - Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
N2  - Medieval sculptures of so-called, Jew-Sows" inside and outside famous Church buildings, especially in the German-speaking countries, have a disastrous tradition and a poisoning impact until today. There are sharp controversies now on how to deal with these "unappetizing" sculptures, visible for example at the City church of Wittenberg, the town where protestant reformer Martin Luther had lived and worked. But the problem goes deeper. Obscene and perfidious representations of Jews, as they were usual in Christian-dominated Europe over centuries, have also penetrated the thought world and language use until today. Swearwords like "Jew-Sow" and "Jew-Pig" are used in order to attack and discredit Jews, non-Jews and disliked coevals. New strategies of combatting this "poisoning traditions" are needed. This article also refers to the roots of early Christian Jew-hatred and recommends an impartial critical discussion on relevant anti-Jewish passages in the Christian Bible.
KW  - Religionsgeschichte
KW  - Religionswissenschaften
KW  - Geistesgeschichte
KW  - Geschichte
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1163/15700739-07204003
SN  - 0044-3441
SN  - 1570-0739
VL  - 72
IS  - 4
SP  - 390
EP  - 411
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden [u.a.]
ER  -