Preaching without Contempt: Overcoming Unintended Anti-Judaism

Marilyn Salmon's persuasive andpractical work helps preachersto identify the ways that Christianpreachers perpetuate the longtradition of Christian anti-Judaism.She situates the Gospels preciselyas Jewish literature then addressesspecific thorny issues that arise inpreaching: supersessionism; portrayalsof the Law; the Pharisees; therelationship between the Testaments;preaching the Passion; and misrepresentations of Judaism.Using examples from many sermons, she shows how toavoid the pitfalls of misportraying the people of Jesus. Preaching without Contempt places the Gospels in their first-century Jewish context, illustrates the most common ways preachers unitentionally misrepresent Judaism in their sermons, and provides helpful advice for avoiding too-familiar stereotypes.