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Aquinas on Israel and the Church : the question of supersessionism in the theology of Thomas Aquinas / Matthew A. Tapie ; foreword by Pim Valkenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tapie, Matthew A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israel (Christian theology).
- Bible. Epistles of Paul--Commentaries--History and criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The question of whether or not Thomas Aquinas's theology is supersessionist has elicited deep disagreement among scholars. Some maintain that Aquinas is the standard-bearer of a supersessionist church that undermines Judaism, while others hold that Aquinas avoids supersessionism altogether. Yet the discussion over whether Aquinas's theology is supersessionist has not always carefully interrogated the term "supersessionism," nor has it taken into account some of Aquinas's most relevant texts on the subject of Israel and the Church: his commentaries on Paul's letters. Drawing upon the Pauline commentaries, Aquinas on Israel and the Church argues that while Aquinas's most commonly articulated view is that Jewish worship is discontinued after the passion of Christ, Aquinas also advanced views that set this into question, and in ways that support contemporary Christian teachings that affirm the value of postbiblical Judaism.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The language of supersessionism
- Aquinas and the question of supersessionism
- Israel and the church in Aquinas's Pauline commentaries
- The ceremonial law as a shadow of the night (Hebrews)
- The ceremonial law as present spiritual benefit for Jews (Romans)
- The ceremonial law as fulfilled, dead, and deadly (Galatians)
- The replacement of Israel as societas sanctorum (Ephesians)
- Rival versions of Christ's fulfillment of the law: the tension in Aquinas's thought between Galatians 5:2 and Romans 3:1-2
- Aquinas as resource for Jewish-Christian relations.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781630875367
- 1630875368
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