WHO KILLED JESUS AWS JEWISH OR ROMAN?
Who killed Jesus AWS Jewish or Roman? MENU ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL JEWISH HISTORY Who Killed Jesus? From the Gospels to Nostra Aetate, how Jews were accused of deicide. By Martin I. Lockshin In 1965, as part of the Vatican II council, the Catholic Church published a long-anticipated declaration entitled Nostra Aetate , offering a new approach to the question of Jewish responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus. The document argued that modern-day Jews could not be held accountable for Jesus’ crucifixion and that not all Jews alive at the time of the crucifixion were guilty of the crime. This was a remarkable step forward in the history of Christian attitudes toward Jews, as Jewish blame for Jesus’ death has long been a linchpin of Christian anti-Semitism . Nevertheless, many Jews were disappointed. They had hoped that the Church might say that the Jews had in fact played no role in Jesus’ death. Jews Lacked A Motive for Killing Jesus Indeed,...