Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today: New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships

by Philip A. Cunningham (Editor), Joseph Sievers (Editor), Mary Boys (Editor), Hans Hermann Hendrix (Editor)

Overview

Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today explores the historical, biblical, christological, trinitarian, and ecclesiological dimensions of this crucial question: "How might we Christians in our time reaffirm our faith claim that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all humanity, even as we affirm the Jewish people's covenantal life with God?" This volume is the result of a transatlantic, interfaith collaboration among Boston College, Catholic Theological Union, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Lund University, Pontifical Gregorian University, and Saint Joseph's University. "This book opens up new vistas after forty-five years of Catholic-Jewish reconciliation. Not comfortable with resting on prior accomplishments, this work is a bold step forward in Catholic searching for a closer theological bond to Judaism without giving up the differences between the two faiths. . . . Offers the cutting edge of Christian theological views of Judaism." -- Alan Brill Seton Hall University "Stunning in its scope, erudition, and creativity, this work is without parallel or peer. . . . A watershed contribution to a new era in the Jewish-Christian encounter, as both communities increasingly take decades of dialogue experience back into their own theological workshops and, with newfound partners lending support, strive to fashion a more adequate account of God's work among us." -- Peter A. Pettit Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, Muhlenberg College

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802866240
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/11/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Philip A. Cunningham is director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia.

Joseph Sievers has taught Jewish history and literature of the Hellenistic period at the Pontifical Biblical Institute since 1991. In addition, he served as director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 2003 to 2009. He has published several books and many articles, primarily in the areas of Second Temple history (especially Flavius Josephus) and Christian-Jewish relations. His abiding interest in the Pharisees was first expressed in an article titled "Who Were the Pharisees?" (1991).

Mary C. Boys is professor of practical theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword Walter Cardinal Kasper x

Introduction: The Editors xix

"Your Privilege: You Haw Jewish Friends": Michael Signer's Hermeneutics of Friendship Hanspeter Heinz 1

Historical Memory and Christian-Jewish Relations John T. Pawlikowski 14

Facing History: The Church and Its Teaching on the Death of Jesus Mary C. Boys 31

A Jewish Response to John T. Pawlikowski and Mary C. Boys Marc Saperstein 64

Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews Without Presupposing Supersessionism Jesper Svartvik 77

The Gradual Emergence of the Church and the Parting of the Ways Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. 92

Revisiting Our Pasts and Our Paths: A Jewish Response to Jesper Svartvik and Daniel Harrington Tamara Cohn Eskenazi 105

The Son of God Became Human as a Jew: Implications of the Jewishness of Jesus for Christology Hans Hermann Henrix 114

The Dogmatic Significance of Christ Being Jewish Barbara U. Meyer 144

A Jewish Response to Hans Hermann Henrix| and Barbara Meyer Edward Kessler 157

The Tri-Unity of God and the Fractures of Human History Elizabeth Groppe 164

The Triune One, the Incarnate Logos, and Israel's Covenantal Life Philip A. Cunningham Didier Pollefeyt 183

A Realm of Differences: The Meaning of Jewish Monotheism for Christology and Trinitarian Theology Gregor Maria Hoff 202

A Jewish Response to Elizabeth Groppe, Philip A. Cunningham and Didier Pollefeyt, and Gregor Maria Hoff Adam Gregerman 221

"The Old Unrevoked Covenant" and "Salvation for All Nations in Christ": Catholic Doctrines in Contradiction? Christian Rutishauser, S.J. 229

The Jewish People at Vatican II: The Drama of a Development in Ecclesiology and Its Subsequent Reception in Ireland and Britain Thomas J. Norris 251

The Affirmation of Jewish Covenantal Vitality and the Church's Liturgical Life Liam Tracey, O.S.M. 268

Exploring the Interface of Dialogue and Theology: A Jewish Response to Christian Rutishauser, Thomas Norris, and Liam Tracey Ruth Langer 287

Contributors 296

Index of Subjects 298

Editorial Reviews

"This book opens up new vistas after forty-five years of Catholic-Jewish reconciliation. Not comfortable with resting on prior accomplishments, this work is a bold step forward in Catholic searching for a closer theological bond to Judaism without giving up the differences between the two faiths. . . . Offers the cutting edge of Christian theological views of Judaism."
-- Alan Brill
Seton Hall University

"Stunning in its scope, erudition, and creativity, this work is without parallel or peer. . . . A watershed contribution to a new era in the Jewish-Christian encounter, as both communities increasingly take decades of dialogue experience back into their own theological workshops and strive to fashion a more adequate account of God's work among us."
-- Peter A. Pettit
Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, Muhlenberg College

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