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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... fact , however , I never had con- tact with a single living Jew . " Let them stay where they belong " was my Dad's favorite line . But then , in an unexpected moment , a real flesh and blood Jew , Mr. Martin , made his way into my life ...
... fact that Jesus and his disciples embraced their Judaism as the path of their salvation . A second glance reveals another inconsistency . As long as Jews were routinely perceived as cursed by God due to their crime of killing Jesus , 5 ...
... fact , this prayer allows that the Jewish people have a certain 23. The Church of England has also had to deal with the vexing issue of Jewish con- version that was called for in the Good Friday liturgy . In fact , in the 1662 version ...
... fact that the Notes published in 1985 did not include a firm statement allowing that the Catholic Church is " the all- embracing means of salvation " for Catholics while , for Jews , the faith This prayer uses many of the phrases found ...
... fact that Dominus Jesus , published in 2001 , did not specify that the Lord himself declared " salvation is from the Jews " ( John 4:22 ) , and that consequently the church's saving grace and efficacious mission to the Gentiles finds ...
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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 |