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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... tion tragically prepared me to pity , to blame , and to despise Jews . My conversion began in 1955 at the hands of a single Jew . Thanks to this graced encounter , I have undertaken a journey that brought me face to face with the ...
... tion in comparison with those who , in the Church , have the fullness of the means of salvation " ( Dominus Jesus 22 ) . Those who reject Christ , meanwhile , are frequently harassed by evangelical Christians bent upon Preface xiii.
... tion of Jews and put forward in its place a positive image of Judaism in which God's eternal covenant with Israel was upheld and honored . Despite this monumental progress , the Vatican continues to affirm that the church is the ...
... tion , nor upon the Jews of today . ( Nostra Aetate 4 ) 3. Dr. Eugene Fisher was appointed to his present post as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat for Catholic - Jewish Relations of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
... tion to the fact that Jesus and his disciples embraced their Judaism as the path of their salvation . A second glance reveals another inconsistency . As long as Jews were routinely perceived as cursed by God due to their crime of ...
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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 |