Jewish-Christian Dialogue - A Jewish Justification

Zusatztext This is a book from which both Jews and Christians will learn as much about their own traditions as about the other's ... Destined to become a classic in this sensitive and most timely area. Klappentext Many studies written about the Jewish-Christian relationship are primarily historical overviews that focus on the Jewish background of Christianity, the separation of Christianity from Judaism, or the medieval disputations between the two faiths. This book is one of the first studies to examine the relationship from a philosophical and theological viewpoint. Carefully drawing on Jewish classical sources, Novak argues that there is actual justification for the new relationship between Judaism and Christianity from within Jewish religious tradition. He demonstrates that this new relationship is possible between religiously committed Jews and Christians without the two major impediments to dialogue: triumphalism and relativism. One of the very few books on this topic written by a Jewish theologian who speaks specifically to modern Christian concerns, it will provide the groundwork for a more serious development of Jewish-Christian dialogue in our day. Zusammenfassung Most of the available books that deal with the Jewish-Christian relationship are primarily historical studies concentrating on the Jewish background of Christianity, the separation of Christianity from Judaism, or the medieval disputations between Judaism and Christianity. This volume is a philosophically constructed theological argument carefully drawing upon classical Jewish sources. It advocates that there is actual justification from within the Jewish religious tradition for the new relationship between Judaism and Christianity. As such, the book lays the groundwork for a more theologically serious development of Jewish-Christian dialogue.

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• Authors: David Novak, David (Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Moder Novak, David (Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies Novak, Novak David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.1992
• EAN: 9780195072730
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507273-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Reference, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religion & beliefs, Judaism, Reference works, Interfaith relations, Religion and beliefs, Judaism: theology