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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... become clear except in light of the complete fulfillment ( Rom 9-11 ) " ( Guidelines II.1 ) and ( b ) that the " Church and Judaism cannot then be seen as two parallel ways of salvation " ( Notes 7 ) . Thus , while offensive language ...
... become Gentile believers . With even greater force , Paul denies that he or any other Jew ought to abandon the Torah ( see especially Rom 3:31 ; 7 : 1 , 7 , 12 , and Gal 3:21 ) . For a brief summary of recent transitions in Pauline ...
... become " adoptive children " ( Rom 8 : 14-17 ) . The people of Israel , meanwhile , attain this status through the covenant and promises made to their ancestors . Scholars such as Paul Van Buren , Roy Eckardt , and Monika Hellwig prefer ...
... become Christians . The very notion that Jews who are disobedient now will , in the end - times , “ be grafted back into their own olive tree " ( Rom 11:24 ) would even preclude the notion that Jews some- how will cease being Jews and ...
... become the lex credendi ( " the rule of believ- ing " ) for all those who follow Jesus . Prayers alone are not enough . The poison of anti - Judaism needs the antidote of a careful examination of those doctrines and practices that have ...
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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 |