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Chris Seeman

Chris Seeman is professor of theology at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio. He chairs the Catholic Biblical Association's task force on "Addressing Representations of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Exegesis, Homiletics, and Catechesis."

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"Christ Among the Pharisees" by Jacob Jordaens, circa 1660 (Wikimedia Commons/Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille)

Scholars outline history of the Pharisees and roots of harmful anti-Jewish stereotypes

Despite Nostra Aetate's goal, absolving Jews of deicide was only the tip of an iceberg of vilification that would need to be dismantled if the church were to free itself from antisemitism.

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