Variations on the messianic theme : a case study of interfaith dialogue / by Marion Wyse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wyse, Marion.

Series:

Judaism and Jewish life.

Judaism and Jewish life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Messiah.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Jesus Christ--Messiahship.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over fifty years after the Holocaust, Marion Wyse explores interfaith dialogue between the Jewish and Christian communities and attempts to evaluate what goals these communities have reached and where they now stand. While many painful issues have been addressed and Jews and Christians in dialogue have achieved a solid respect for each other, the basic disagreement over the Christian designation of Jesus as the Jewish messiah still stands. Theologians have suggested varying approaches but none convince both parties. This work employs William James' radical empirical method to show that the original Jewish messianic concept, the Christian shift, and the Jewish repudiation of the shift, can each be seen as valid faith variants.

Contents:

Introduction: Confronting the impasse

The impasse

Entering the Jewish-Christian dialogue

Introduction: Facing the past : Hoshoah as the great divide

Present repentance : documents of the church

Roman Catholic documents

World Council of Churches documents

Lutheran documents

Other North American documents

Dialogue as meta-framework

Initial Christian attempts to approach Jesus as Jew

1965-1974

Faith and fratricide

Conclusion: The dialogue at an impasse

Exploring some christological paths

Introduction: Urgency of the question

John Pawlikowski : Jesus in the pharisaic context

Paul van Buren : Christ in the Jewish context

Rosemary Ruether : humanity as the collective Messiah

Conclusion: Still at an impasse

A way forward

Examining the radical empirical method

Choosing context as primary

William James

Alfred North Whitehead

Empirical theology

Bernard Lee's appropriation of empiricism

Lee's retrieval of the Hebraic context : a critique

Mapping some variations on the messianic theme

Introduction: Contextualizing concepts

The Jewish origin and development of the messianic concept

The Christian shift and development of the messianic concept

The messianic concept in context of the Jewish-Christian dialogue

Among Jews

Among Christians

Conclusion: A way forward?

Conclusion: Discerning paths past, present and future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-063-2

OCLC:

754700418