The Witness of the Jews to God

by Torrance, David W.

• ISBN13: 9781610976664
• ISBN10: 1610976665
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-22
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

This book while presenting the contribution of a variety of scholars also presents important statements of Churches today on the Jewish people and her place in God's purpose for the world. It also gives statistics of Jewish communities. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. viii
The witness of the Jews to God (their purpose in history)	p. 1
Israel, The people of God	p. 13
Light from St. Paul on Christian - Jewish relations	p. 22
Israel - the land and resurrection	p. 32
Israel - people, nation, state	p. 42
Israel after Auschwitz	p. 58
The witness of the church to the Jewish People	p. 71
The Witness to God of the Covenant People	p. 81
The divine vocation and destiny of Israel in world history	p. 85
Israel today in the light of God's Word	p. 105
The Messianic fulfilment of the Jewish faith	p. 115
Christ, the fulfilment of the Jewish faith	p. 126
Action by the Synod of the Protestant Church of the Rheinland	p. 135
Christian/Jewish Dialogue: Report of the Overseas Council of the Church of Scotland	p. 139
Declaration of the German Roman Catholic Bishops on the Church's Relationship to Judaism	p. 151
Anglicans and Jews. First Jewish-Anglican Consultation	p. 169
Contributors	p. 170
Churches and Addresses	p. 173
Publications and Addresses	p. 174
World Jewish Communities	p. 175
Population of the principal countries	p. 176
Major centres of Jewish population	p. 177
Jews in Britain and Northern Ireland	p. 179
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