A Christian theology of Judaism / by Clemens Thoma ; with a foreword by David Flusser ; translated and edited by Helga Croner.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Series: Studies in Judaism and ChristianityPublisher: New York : Paulist Press, ©1980Description: xx, 211 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 080912310X
  • 9780809123100
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Additional physical formats: Online version:: Christian theology of Judaism.DDC classification:
  • 261.2/6 19
LOC classification:
  • BT93 .T4513
Other classification:
  • Cga
Contents:
Part I: Introduction -- 1. The theological dimension of jewish-Christian relations -- I. Impulses to a Christian theology of Judaism -- II. The essentials of a Christian theology of Judaism -- 1. Basic position -- 2. Definitions -- 3. Links to history -- III. The place of the Hebrew Scriptures in a Christian theology of Judaism -- IV. Conceptual incompabilities -- Part II: Jesus Christ and His message in the context of early and Rabbinic Judaism -- 2. Early Judaism -- I. Concepts and ideologies -- II. The early Jewish image -- III. Early Jewish groups -- 1. Historical relationships and ideas in general -- 2. The period of Maccabeans and Hasmoneans -- a basis for new development -- 3. Group divisions and group intensions -- 4. Groups and ideas -- their particular influence and later development in Judaism and Christianity -- a. Apocalyptic, apocalypticists, apocalypses -- b. Messianic hopes -- c. Sapiental and law-inspired life styles -- 5. The people of Qumran -- IV. Pseudepigraphical literature -- 1. Sources for research into history -- 2. The importance of Pseudepigraphical statements -- 3. Chief concerns of Pseudepigraphical literature at the time of Jesus -- 4. Ways into Christianity -- V. Josephus Flavius and Philo of Alexandria -- 3. Rabbinic Judaism -- 1. Rabbinic literature, acceptable and unacceptable evaluations -- 1. Talmuds, Midrashim, Targumin, prayers and "underground" literature -- 2. Christian anti-Judaism and Jewish anti-Christianism -- 3. An attempt at evaluation -- II. Religious life and practices according to rabbinic ideals -- 1. Spirituality -- a. Akedah -- b. Kiddush Ha-Shem and Hillul Ha-Shem -- 2. The law -- 3. Divine worship -- 4. Jesus Christ -- I. Modern Jewish and Christian interpreters of the risen Christ -- II. Jesus and His Jewish home -- 1. Public activities -- 2. The passion of Jesus -- III. The Christ of faith -- 1. The man Jesus can be regarded as belonging to Judaism and Christianity -- 2. A weakening of monotheism? -- 3. The incarnation of God: a reversal of Jewish faith? -- 4. The scandal of the cross -- 5. The Messianic question -- Part III: Jews and Christians since the time of Christ -- 5. Early relations between Judaism and Christianity -- I. Jewish antagonism -- 1. Jewish-Christian separation -- a. Fear of possible exclusion -- b. Growing Pharisaic influence in Jewish Christianity -- c. Competition within the people of God -- 2. The Rabbinic blessing against heretics -- a. Research problems -- b. Rabbinic traditions on the blessing against heretics -- 3. Patristic positions on Jewish-Christian separation -- II. Christian anti-Judaism -- 1. Problems, criticism, and postulates of Holocaust theology -- 2. Remarks on content and extent of anti-Semitism, anti-Judaism, hatred of Jews, animosity toward Jews -- 3. Remarks on possible anti-Judaism in the New Testament -- 4. Remarks on Christian anti-Judaism -- 6. Jews and Christians in our time -- I. Jewish statements of identity 1. Israel -- 2. Judaism as social structure -- 3. Judaism as religious reality -- 4. Judaism as committed historical reality -- 5. Summary of statements on Jewish identity -- II. Jewish experience of faith -- 1. Tenets to preserve peace among Jews -- 2. Tenets expressing awe of the transcendent -- 3. Affinities between medieval Jewish doctrines and Christian dogmas -- III. Perspectives -- 1. Christianity and Judaism as open institution -- 2. Dialectical and dialogical cooperation between Christians and Jews.
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Huvudbestånd Biblioteket 261.26 ex 1 Available 1670000366

"A Stimulus book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-211).

Part I: Introduction -- 1. The theological dimension of jewish-Christian relations -- I. Impulses to a Christian theology of Judaism -- II. The essentials of a Christian theology of Judaism -- 1. Basic position -- 2. Definitions -- 3. Links to history -- III. The place of the Hebrew Scriptures in a Christian theology of Judaism -- IV. Conceptual incompabilities -- Part II: Jesus Christ and His message in the context of early and Rabbinic Judaism -- 2. Early Judaism -- I. Concepts and ideologies -- II. The early Jewish image -- III. Early Jewish groups -- 1. Historical relationships and ideas in general -- 2. The period of Maccabeans and Hasmoneans -- a basis for new development -- 3. Group divisions and group intensions -- 4. Groups and ideas -- their particular influence and later development in Judaism and Christianity -- a. Apocalyptic, apocalypticists, apocalypses -- b. Messianic hopes -- c. Sapiental and law-inspired life styles -- 5. The people of Qumran -- IV. Pseudepigraphical literature -- 1. Sources for research into history -- 2. The importance of Pseudepigraphical statements -- 3. Chief concerns of Pseudepigraphical literature at the time of Jesus -- 4. Ways into Christianity -- V. Josephus Flavius and Philo of Alexandria -- 3. Rabbinic Judaism -- 1. Rabbinic literature, acceptable and unacceptable evaluations -- 1. Talmuds, Midrashim, Targumin, prayers and "underground" literature -- 2. Christian anti-Judaism and Jewish anti-Christianism -- 3. An attempt at evaluation -- II. Religious life and practices according to rabbinic ideals -- 1. Spirituality -- a. Akedah -- b. Kiddush Ha-Shem and Hillul Ha-Shem -- 2. The law -- 3. Divine worship -- 4. Jesus Christ -- I. Modern Jewish and Christian interpreters of the risen Christ -- II. Jesus and His Jewish home -- 1. Public activities -- 2. The passion of Jesus -- III. The Christ of faith -- 1. The man Jesus can be regarded as belonging to Judaism and Christianity -- 2. A weakening of monotheism? -- 3. The incarnation of God: a reversal of Jewish faith? -- 4. The scandal of the cross -- 5. The Messianic question -- Part III: Jews and Christians since the time of Christ -- 5. Early relations between Judaism and Christianity -- I. Jewish antagonism -- 1. Jewish-Christian separation -- a. Fear of possible exclusion -- b. Growing Pharisaic influence in Jewish Christianity -- c. Competition within the people of God -- 2. The Rabbinic blessing against heretics -- a. Research problems -- b. Rabbinic traditions on the blessing against heretics -- 3. Patristic positions on Jewish-Christian separation -- II. Christian anti-Judaism -- 1. Problems, criticism, and postulates of Holocaust theology -- 2. Remarks on content and extent of anti-Semitism, anti-Judaism, hatred of Jews, animosity toward Jews -- 3. Remarks on possible anti-Judaism in the New Testament -- 4. Remarks on Christian anti-Judaism -- 6. Jews and Christians in our time -- I. Jewish statements of identity 1. Israel -- 2. Judaism as social structure -- 3. Judaism as religious reality -- 4. Judaism as committed historical reality -- 5. Summary of statements on Jewish identity -- II. Jewish experience of faith -- 1. Tenets to preserve peace among Jews -- 2. Tenets expressing awe of the transcendent -- 3. Affinities between medieval Jewish doctrines and Christian dogmas -- III. Perspectives -- 1. Christianity and Judaism as open institution -- 2. Dialectical and dialogical cooperation between Christians and Jews.