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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... Messiah : Christian Humility in the Face of Jewish Objections 116 Chapter Six : The Unsavory Odor of Christian Evangelization 152 Chapter Seven : Reflections on Covenant and Mission 173 Bibliography 183 Index 196 Abbreviations Note ...
... Messiah . Catholic preachers , consequently , routinely exalted the wisdom and grace that have come to them through Jesus and Mary ; seldom , if ever , did these same preachers draw any significant attention to the wisdom and grace that ...
... Messiah . How the Jewish " no " to Jesus was providen- tially necessary in order that Gentiles might find their way to the Father . • How programs of Christian evangelization have terrified and con- tinue to terrify Jews . Reflections ...
... Messiah of Israel— " It is in God's hands , of course , just in what way , when , and how the reuniting of Jews and Gentiles , the reunifica- tion of God's people , will be achieved " ( citations taken from http://www.carl-olson.com ...
... Messiah would constitute the felix culpa ( happy fault ) that was historically necessary for there to be a Gentile mission . And just as the medieval church rejoiced at the sin of Adam as " the felix culpa , the neces- sary sin by which ...
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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 |