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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... Christian Argument in the First Century : Different People Talking About Different Things to Different People , " Religious Studies and Theology 6 ( 1986 ) 9 . Yet much remains to be done , and the time xii Salvation Is from the Jews.
... things about Jews and Judaism but then turned around and starkly de- clared that the " Church and Judaism cannot then be seen as two parallel ways of salvation " ( Notes 7 ) . Even Jews , therefore , who " remain very dear to God ...
... work out a private solution to my problem . For starters , I already knew that for someone to commit a mortal sin , three things were necessary : 1 First , the thought , desire , word , action Chapter One: Saving Mr Martin from Hellfire.
... things not by way of casting blame on my Catholic forebears , but to indicate how blind even sympathetic and thoughtful persons can be when their hearts and minds are taken over by dark tendencies that claim to have God's endorsement ...
... 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.
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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 |