Opening the covenant : a Jewish theology of Christianity / Michael S. Kogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kogan, Michael S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Doctrines.

Judaism (Christian theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michael Kogan delves deeply into the theologies of Christianity and Judaism, to locate the precise points of difference and convergence. He sees Christianity as the breaking open of the original Covenant to include gentile peoples. God has brought this about, Kogan argues, through Jesus and his interpreters.

Contents:

Defining our terms

The question of the Messiah

Three Jewish theologians of Christianity

Affirming the other's theology: how far can Jews and Christians go?

The forty years peace: Christian churches reevaluate Judaism

Two contemporary theologians of the dialogue

Into another intensity: Christian-Jewish dialogue moves forward

Truth and fact in religious narrative

Bringing the dialogue home

Does politics trump theology? The Israeli-Palestinian dispute invades the Jewish-Christian dialogue

Toward a pluralist theology of Judaism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-261) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-992620-4

1-4356-1946-3

1-281-15875-5

9786611158750

0-19-802723-0

OCLC:

191040284