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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... Gentiles . Pinchas Lapide , an Orthodox rabbi and Israeli scholar , has developed a way of understanding the ... Gentile church to which you belong . . . . First , a Jewish people in its biblical homeland in order to bring Jesus and the ...
... Gentile church must be under- stood as at best a derivative participation in Israel's mission to be " light to the Gentiles . " Just as the historic church formerly exalted its " new " covenant while claiming that God had abrogated his ...
... Gen- tiles gathered in , and we shall dwell together in mutual love and peace . " This segment clearly focuses on the hope of Israel . See Albert Radcliffe , " How Dialogue with Jews Has Transformed the [ Anglican ] Holy Week Liturgy ...
... Gentiles finds its roots and sanction within the Judaism practiced by Jesus and his disciples . Only when the church acknowledges the priority of Judaism within its faith and practice will it attain " the fundamental condition 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 |