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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... Israel in God's plan of salvation , but that it has horribly twisted the faith , the forgiveness , and the salvation brought to us through Jesus Christ as well . Accordingly , this book will systematically unravel how the major aspects ...
... Israel in God's plan . • Why Jews object to the messianic character of Jesus and how Chris- tians , in response ... Israel . " Israel " Not to be Confused with the " State of Israel " In the Hebrew Scriptures and in the rabbinic texts ...
... Israel . " 3 As such , the theological and biblical foundations for Israel presented in this volume cannot be applied indiscriminatingly to the State of Israel . Among religious Jews , one finds varied responses to the policies of the ...
... Israel's relationship to the Palestinians with the Nazi treat- ment of the Jews . . . ; do not state that all Palestinians left their homes in 1948 " voluntarily " ; do not equate all Palestinians with the violent few , and do not ...
... Israel . This opening chapter will endeavor to examine some of the complexities surrounding this issue and to resolve them in a way that would allow Christians to affirm that the covenant God made with Israel will always remain the ...
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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 |