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  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,...

  Support IslamQA  Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Names and Attributes of Allaah Related topic Using the masculine pronoun “He” when referring to Allah, may He be exalted  03-04-2012          Question 98689 Why when refering to Allah in the Quran or Hadeeth we say HE or HIM how do we know that allah is a he, I had a non muslim girl come up to me saying why dont you say she or her why is it you say he?. Answer Praise be to Allah. We do not know to whom we should address our answer. Should we speak to you, as you are the one who put this question to us, or should we address that girl with whom the Shaytaan is toying and causing her to say audacious things about Allah, may He be exalted, when He is giving her respite? She has not stopped at disbelieving in Him; rather she has gone further by trying to express her foolish ideas, that anyone with (sound) reasoning would not accept ev...

  Questions.org Answers to Tough Questions About God and Life Menu Skip to content Search for: Why Did Many Jewish Leaders Hate Jesus Christ and the Apostolic Church? Dan Vander Lugt Christianity ,  World Religions ethnic identity ,  Jesus Christ ,  Judaism ,  legal righteousness ,  messiah ,  New Testament ,  oral law ,  Paul ,  persecution Some people have the impression that Jewish hostility for Christianity began only after Jews experienced persecution by Christians. Actually, Jewish hostility toward Jesus Christ and His church began long before Jews experienced persecution by Christians. Biblical scholar N. T. Wright summarized the reason for Jewish rejection of Jesus and the church: What evokes persecution is precisely that which challenges a worldview, that which up-ends a symbolic universe. (N. T. Wright,  The New Testament and the People of God , Fortress Press, p. 451)  1 Jesus taught that Jewish nationalism and commi...