This book calls for a reevaluation of the Old Testament and its
role in the Church. It is written out of the conviction that the
church needs to claim the Old Testament as its own but also to
grant the legitimacy of the Jewish claim on Israel's sacred
Scriptures. The author is concerned to debunk several ideas,
including the popular notions that Paul was the real inventor of
Christianity; that a great gulf exists between the Old Testament
and the New Testament; that the early Christians used the Old
Testament to prove their already established belief in Jesus; and
that Christianity is less credible or valuable if it is seen to
depend on Jewish traditions. Van Buren's starting point is an
exploration of the meaning and origin of the early Christian
confession, "Christ died for our sins in accordance with the
scriptures"-particularly the last part of the confession. Van Buren
argues that the wording of this early, pre-Pauline gospel
confession was the result of a creative application of early Jewish
interpretations of scripture, especially of the Binding of Isaac
story in Genesis 22. Christians need to affirm the legitimacy of
their understanding Christ in light of the Old Testament, argues
van Buren, but they also need to grant the legitimacy of the Jewish
reading of scripture. The interpretive traditions of both religious
communities-Judaism and Christianity-need to be respected. Clearly
and elegantly written, this book represents a sensitive ecumenical
effort at fostering Jewish-Christian dialogue: a book that both
Jews and Christians can read with profit.
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