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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... later , another problem popped up . Mr. Martin may not have committed a mortal sin , but he still had that original sin that every human being inherited from our first parents , Adam and Eve . I had to admit that Mr. Martin was not a ...
... Later , after Abraham was circumcised , Paul again asserts that Abraham maintained " the righteousness of faith " ( 4:13 ) . This , then , is the case of the believing Jew . In sum , Paul argues that God's providential plan was to make ...
... later in the gospel and tell his disciples , " No one comes to the Father except through me " ( John 14 : 6 ) . This needs to be examined . John the Evangelist does not presume to have received word - for - word dictation of the words ...
... later addition ] since it does not fit with Johannine hostility to " the Jews . " However , the Jews against whom Jesus elsewhere speaks harshly really refer to that section of the Jewish people that is hostile to Jesus , and especially ...
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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 |