Table of Contents
Foreword Christoph Cardinal Schönborn xi
Acknowledgements xv
Chapter 1 The Ecclesiological Challenge of Nostra Aetate 1
A Theological Revolution
Israel-Ecclesiology and Isracl-Christology
Israel-Ecclesiology and the Ecclesia ex Circumcisione
Mapping the Road Ahead
Chapter 2 A Stranger in a Strange (Yet Familiar) Land 25
From Theological Discourse to Personal Narrative
Family, Friends, Faith
Life in an Almost-Catholic Charismatic Community
From the Charismatic Renewal to Messianic Judaism
Birth of the Roman Catholic-Messianic Jewish Dialogue Group
A Distinctive Perspective
From Personal Narrative to Theological Discourse
Chapter 3 Lumen Gentium, Gloriam Israel 40
A Christ-Centered Israel-Ecclesiology
Israel-Ecclesiology and the Jewish People
Eschatological Newness
The Catechism and Lumen Gentium
Developing the Teaching of Lumen Gentium
Two Complementary Perspectives
Chapter 4 Priesthood, Apostleship, and the People of Israel 61
The Letter to the Hebrews: Israel's Priesthood and Jesus' Priesthood
The Letter to the Ephesians: Israel's Priesthood and the Apostolic Office
The Letter to the Romans: Israel's Priesthood and the Priestly Remnant
Excursus: Apostolic Succession and Jewish Peoplehood
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Israel's Eschatological Renewal in Water and Spirit 89
The Baptism of Jesus
"The Water of Rebirth"
Conclusion
Chapter 6 The Last Supper, the Eucharist, and the Jewish People 106
The Eucharist, First-Century Judaism, and the Enduring Reality of the Jewish People
The Eucharistic Cup: Israel-Ecclesiology Rooted in Israel-Christology
The Eucharistic Bread: Israel-Christology Giving Birth to Israel ? Ecclesiology
The Twelve: The Last Supper and the Mediation of Jewish Apostles
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Praying for Jerusalem, Feasting with the Messiah 127
Jewish Sacrificial Worship in the Second Temple Period
Israels Prayer and Israel's Sacrifice
The Eschatological Banquet and the Messianic Sacrifice
The Church and the "Jewish Eucharist"
Chapter 8 Jewish Life as Sacrament 149
Sacrament and Kedushah
Judaism's Five Fundamental Sacramental Signs
Jesus, Jewish Sacramental Signs, and the Ecclesia
Conclusion
Chapter 9 The Task of Mutual-Indwelling 172
Ontological Mystery and Sacred Task
Sacramental Sign or Syncretistic Sect?
Steps Forward
A Notre Dame Inscription
Appendix 1 Nostra Aetate 4 191
Appendix 2 Documents of the Helsinki Consultation on Jewish Continuity in the Body of Christ 193
Appendix 3 "The Jewishness of the Apostles and Its Implications for the Apostolic Church," by Jean-Miguel Garrigues, O.P. 198
Appendix 4 "Finding our Way through Nicaea: The Deity of Jesus, Bilateral Ecclesiology, and Redemptive Encounter with the Living God," by Mark S. Kinzer 216
Bibliography 241
Name Index 247
Scripture Index 253
