O. Soltes

The Linguistics and Theology of Defining, Understanding, Misunderstanding, Liking and Disliking Jews and Judaism

The words “Jew,” “Jewish,” and “Judaism” have offered a treble-definitional problem in the sweep through history and in particularly Christian-Jewish relations during the past two millennia. (1) The failure to distinguish “Jew/Jewish” from “Judaean” is a starting point of misconceiving the group that shares a common sp...