Positive Portrayal of the Jewish People

[robrecht]

I'm not sure what you're asking. What do you mean by "harsh words"? There is certainly anti-Jewish bias in the New Testament, only some of which is probably directed primarily against Jewish authorities (eg, 1 Thes 2,14-16). Paul himself probably saw himself as a messianic Jew with a crucial role at the end of history to bring salvation to the gentiles, but as later Christian writers (eg, the author of the letter of Barnabas), the anti-Jewish theme would become all-consuming. The seeds were already there in the gospel of Mark and watered and grown in the gospels of Matthew and John. Harsh words of the prophets against Israel and Judah were used as condemnation of all Jewish people. Is that what you mean?