Isn't the New Testament antisemitic?
It was written almost entirely by Jews, about a Jew, set in Israel. Its arguments are family arguments inside Israel, like the prophets' own rebukes. Using it to hate Jews twists it.
Every author of the New Covenant except possibly Luke was Jewish. Its debates, like Yeshua's with some Temple leaders, are internal Jewish disputes, as sharp as Jeremiah's or Amos's words to their own people.
Phrases like "the Jews" in John often mean the Judean leaders in a specific scene, not the Jewish people. John himself was Jewish, as were Yeshua, his mother and all the apostles.
Paul, who wept over his people (Romans 9:1-5), wrote that to Israel belong "the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises", and that the Messiah came from them (Romans 9:4-5).
Christians persecuted Jews for centuries. How can their faith be true? Ask about it
Sources
- Romans 9:1-5 and 11:1
- John 4:22
