Kontrowersje wokół książki „Hellenizm a judaizm” Tadeusza Zielińskiego. Polemiki chrześcijańskie

Abstract

The article concerns Tadeusz Zielinski’s, Hellenism and Judaism – 3rd parts of the series Religions of the Ancient World – published in Polish in 1927. In his work Zielinski compares antique Judaism with Hellenism. The conclusion of this comparison turns to be negative in the case of Judaism and supports Zielinski’s thesis, expressed in his various works, about psychological continuity between religion of ancient Greece and Christianity. The thesis was met with a negative reaction from the Christian and Jewish circles. The article presents the academic polemics written from the point of view of the Catholic Church. The analysis was made in reference to the articles and books of the following scholars: Szczepan Szydelski, Józef Archutowski and Józef Teodorowicz.