Christian Theology After the Shoah A Re-Interpretation of the Passion Narratives

by Moore, James F.

• ISBN13: 9780761828518
• ISBN10: 0761828516
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-03
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book takes up the challenge of providing a way to do Christian theology that is both sensitive to the questions arising in the Shoah and incorporates the advances of Jewish-Christian dialogue. Moore's approach also offers new thinking on the difficult texts of the Christian passion narratives as an example of the post-Shoah Christian theology.

Author Biography

James F. Moore is Associate Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: A new Christian Midrash	p. 1
The Burning Bush	p. 2
The New Revelation of Fire	p. 3
A Christian Theology After Auschwitz	p. 4
The Nature of Christian Theology	p. 5
Story as Theme	p. 6
Story as Theological Reflection	p. 7
Dialogue as the Context of Reflection	p. 8
The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of the Night	p. 11
Wiesel's Image of the Kingdom of God from the Kingdom of the Night	p. 12
The Theological Struggle	p. 15
The Shape of Christian Response	p. 21
The Christian Looking On	p. 21
Midrash as the form of Response	p. 25
What is a Christian Midrash?	p. 26
Pluralism and Ambiguity as Central Theological Principles	p. 29
Approaching the text	p. 33
Focussing on The Text	p. 33
A Christian Midrash Taking Shape	p. 37
The Bystander	p. 41
The Bystander	p. 41
The Risen Lord	p. 50
The Collaborator	p. 59
The Collaborator	p. 59
The Judas Narrative	p. 60
The Jews in the Narrative	p. 68
The Instigators--Pilate's Spite	p. 71
Our Midrash on Judas	p. 72
Christianity and the Kingdom of the Night	p. 75
A Christian Midrash Taking Shape	p. 75
Jesus of the "Last Supper"	p. 75
Jesus of the Trial Sequence	p. 78
The Jesus of the Cross	p. 85
Resurrection As Rescue	p. 93
The Resurrection Narratives	p. 95
The Empty Tomb	p. 95
The Resurrection Paradigm	p. 98
The Empty tomb as Midrash	p. 100
The Isaianic Servant	p. 103
The Application of this Midrash	p. 105
Including the Image of Jonah	p. 106
The Full Critique of the Shoah	p. 109
The Narrative of the Resurrection Appearances	p. 113
On the Road--Luke's Version	p. 114
Our Road	p. 116
The Meal Eaten	p. 118
The Fragility of this Invitation	p. 120
John's Story	p. 121
The Efficacy of Doubt	p. 122
The Critique of the Shoah	p. 124
A Review of this Interpretation	p. 125
A Return To Eckardt	p. 130
Epilogue	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 135
Summarizing the Key Features of Our Method	p. 135
Dialogue as the Context for All Theology	p. 137
The Shoah as a Hermeneutic of Suspicion	p. 139
A Midrashic Interpretation	p. 141
Summarizing Our Basic Claims	p. 145
Where From Here?, Or What About Paul?	p. 146
Appendix	p. 151
Matthew 26:14-28:20	p. 151
Mark 14:10-16:8	p. 157
Luke 22:1-24:53	p. 162
John 18:1-21:25	p. 168
Bibliography	p. 177
Index	p. 183
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