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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... imagine that they must take up residence therein as a religious obligation or that they must approve of every policy undertaken as a mark of their loyalty . It should be recognized that , even among Orthodox Jews , there are some who ...
... imagine the existential shock I felt in 1965 when the bishops of Vatican II completely abandoned the eighteen - hundred - year - old tradition of blood guilt . Their exact words were : True , authorities of the Jews and those who ...
... every bad thing happening to Jews a confirmation of the divine displeasure that followed upon their implication in Jesus ' crucifixion . it was easy to imagine that Jews had to abandon Saving Mr. Martin from Hellfire 5.
... imagine that Jews had to abandon the synagogue and enter the church to obtain God's grace and salvation . The moment , however , that Catholics acknowledge that " the Jews remain most dear to God " ( Nostra Aetate 4 ) , then it would ...
... imagine that Jews receive the forgiveness of their sins and their spiritual enlightenment through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross ? The instruction Dominus Jesus is unclear on this point , and the next three chapters will examine ...
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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 |