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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... received as a gift . Our belief in this regard in no way diminishes the sincere re- spect we have for the religions of the human family or our convic- tion that their followers can receive divine grace . This respect and love - goes in ...
... received word - for - word dictation of the words of Jesus . Rather , the inspired writer offers theo- logical reflections on the life of Jesus that are presented to the faithful in the form of long discourses placed on the lips of ...
... received as confessional statements on the part of the Johannine church . In speak- ing to the baptized it would be foolhardy to exalt Abraham and Moses , since the baptized in this community found grace and intimacy with God through ...
... received the divine election with which Jews were favored until the time when they cruci- fied Jesus . The liturgy , consequently , prayed that God would bring these " faithless Jews " to their senses : Let us also pray for the ...
... retaining a single prayer for all " who have not received the Gospel of Christ . " 24. Pope John Paul II , cited in the New York Times , April 14 , 1986 . of Abraham and the Torah of Moses rightly guide them 20 Salvation Is from the Jews.
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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 |