Reading New Testament Writings through Non-supersessionist Lenses

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Religions is dedicated to exploring post-supersessionist readings of New Testament writings. As such, the key underlying assumption of contributors will be that the original writers wrote through non-supersessionist “lenses”.

Post-supersessionist readings, in their essence, explore how the New Testament text/book under consideration serves theologically, ideologically, socially, culturally, and/or politically to emplace Jews and Gentiles, who are followers of the Jewish Christos/Messiah, into God’s eternal covenant with Israel. Supersessionist readings, on the other hand, approach those same textual artifacts with the assumption that they are seeking to replace, displace, or supersede ethnocultural Israel with the multiethnic followers of Jesus the Jewish Christos, that is, with the universal “church” (“church” is an anachronistic English translation of the Greek word ekklēsia).

Research on any aspect of the post-supersessionist conversation in relation to New Testament writings is welcome. Questions can be directed to the Guest Editor.

Persons desiring to contribute review essays concerned with recent post-supersessionist research are encouraged first to contact the Guest Editor.

Prof. Dr. Ralph J. Korner
Guest Editor

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