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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... tian instincts prompted me to turn the money over to Mr. Martin " lest someone come asking for it . " It didn't even occur to me that the money would be mine if no one claimed it or that I might receive a handsome reward if someone did ...
... tians , in response , are groping toward a more honest assessment of Jesus as Messiah . How the Jewish " no " to Jesus was providen- tially necessary in order that Gentiles might find their way to the Father . • How programs of ...
... tians and Jews find it difficult to openly discuss the policies of the State of Israel in the United States , see Mark H. Ellis , " At the End of an Era : A Meditation on Ecumenism , Exile and Gratitude " Cross Currents 53/1 ( Spring ...
... tians who would like to require circumcision and training in Torah for male Gentile ad- herents in the church . Paul never presupposes that Jewish Christians ought to abandon Torah in order to become Gentile believers . With even ...
... tians could and would claim Abraham as " their spiritual father " and Sarah as " their spiritual mother " along with the Jews . To do so , however , would have consequences . Paul , it must be re- membered , deliberately used the case ...
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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 |