Here is the second of three volumes (the first, Revelation: The
Torah and the Bible, was published in 1995) whose purpose is to
compare and contrast the paramount theological categories of
Judaism and Christianity. The volumes provide the faithful of both
Judaism and Christianity with informative, factual accounts of how
Judaism and Christianity addressed the same issues and set forth
their own distinctive program and set of propositions.While
religions speak to individuals in the privacy of their hearts, they
also define themselves through social entities such as "church,"
"holy people," "nation of Islam," "kingdom of God." In this book,
Professors Neusner and Chilton bring reader to a consideration of
"Israel" in Judaism and Christianity. When Jews call themselves
"Israel," their initial claim is that they constitute the "Israel"
to whom God gave the Torah. All of those who inherit these Hebrew
scriptures, specifically Christians, also claim to form an "Israel"
because they receive these scriptures.Individual chapters in part
one deal with Israel in the theology of Judaism, Israel as a
kingdom of priests and holy nation, Israel as family, and Israel as
(Christian) Rome. Part two examines Jesus and the absence of
Israel; the Israel of James, the community of "Q" and Peter; and
the church (ekklesia) in the Synoptic Gospels, Paul, Hebrews, and
Revelation.The volumes in this series are excellent resources for
all who wish to deepen their understanding of Judaism and
Christianity and the relationship between these two great
traditions.Jacob Neusner, leading scholar of the formative age and
writings of Judaism, is Distinguished Research Professor of
Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa.Bruce
D. Chilton, New Testament and Judaic scholar, is Bernard Iddings
Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson,
NY.
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