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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... Early Christian Writings Adv . haer . Barn . Eccl . Hs . Gos . Thom . Herm . Irenaeus , Adversus Omnes Haereses Letter of Barnabas Eusebius , Ecclesiastical History Gospel of Thomas ( 1st c . ) . This listing of 108 sayings of Jesus was ...
... early Catholic forma- tion tragically prepared me to pity , to blame , and to despise Jews . My conversion began in 1955 at the hands of a single Jew . Thanks to this graced encounter , I have undertaken a journey that brought me face ...
... early 1960s the antago- nisms fueled by this family quarrel were , for the first time , being rigor- ously reexamined because the smoke of burning children at Auschwitz was in our nostrils . Since then a small measure of mutual ...
... early religious training within Catholic schools and my early cultural training at the outbreak of World War II made it quite natural for me to pity , blame , and despise Jews . Had I been bombarded by Hitler's speeches blaming and ...
... early church intended . Examination of the mission God continues to assign to Israel . " Israel " Not to be Confused with the " State of Israel " In the Hebrew Scriptures and in the rabbinic texts , the term " Israel " designates those ...
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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 |