Salvation is from the Jews (John 4:22): Saving Grace in Judaism and Messianic Hope in ChristianityLiturgical Press, 2007 - 201 pagini Growing up in an ethnic suburb in Cleveland, Aaron Milavec was an impressionable adolescent whose religious and cultural influences made it natural for him to pity, blame, and despise Jews. All of that began to change in 1955 when Mr. Martin, a Jewish merchant, hired Milavec as a stock boy. Milavec's initial anxieties over working for a Jew surprisingly gave way to profound personal admiration. This, in turn, plunged Milavec into a troubling theological dilemma: How could God consign Mr. Martin to eternal hellfire due to his ancestral role in the death of Jesus when it was clear that Mr. Martin would not harm me, a Christian, even in small ways? This book is not for the faint-hearted. Most Christians imagine that the poison of anti-Judaism has been largely eliminated. In contrast, Milavec reveals how this poison has gone underground--disfiguring not only the role of Israel in God's plan of salvation but also horribly twisting the faith, the forgiveness, and the salvation that Christians find through Jesus Christ. This painful realization serves as the necessary first step for our healing. At each step of the way, Milavec's sure hand builds bridges of mutual understanding that enable both Christians and Jews to cross the chasm of distrust and distortion that has infected both church and synagogue over the centuries. In the end, Milavec securely brings his readers to that place where Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity can again be admired as sister religions intimately united to one other in God's drama of salvation. |
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... Gentiles might find their way to the Father . • How programs of Christian evangelization have terrified and con- tinue to terrify Jews . Reflections on why such programs are not what Jesus and the early church intended . Examination of ...
... Gentiles , the reunifica- tion of God's people , will be achieved " ( citations taken from http://www.carl-olson.com ... Gentile mission . In Paul's letter to the Galatians , on the other hand , he sets his hand to the refutation of ...
... Gentiles trusting in God ( without circumcision and without Torah ) might be justified in God's eyes as was Abraham . Today , however , this argument has to be turned around . The churches have no difficulty accepting the salvation of ...
... Gentiles ) might be grafted in their place . Through this metaphor Paul makes clear that salvation comes to Gentiles only if and when they are grafted onto the " rich root of the olive tree " ( Rom 11:17 ) . This olive tree that the ...
... Gentile church . ( b ) Paul never hints that the Gentile church displaces Israel as the sole recipient of divine election . Paul's metaphors demonstrate that salvation comes to the Gentiles because they are cut off from their wild stock ...
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The Story of Salvation | 57 |
Parting of the Ways | 84 |
Jesus as Messiah | 116 |
The Unsavory Odor of Christian Evangelization | 152 |
Reflections on Covenant and Mission | 173 |
Bibliography | 183 |
Index | 196 |