A House Divided

by Martin, Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780809135691
• ISBN10: 0809135698
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

'A House Divided' is a lucid and invaluable study of the separation of Christianity from Judaism in the first century. It traces the historical forces at work in the central issues that led to the disagreements and finally, mutual rejection.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
A Glossary of Hebrew Terms	4	(3)
I. OUR COMMON HERITAGE	7	(5)
II. MUTUAL DISAPPOINTMENT	12	(14)
The Election of Israel	13	(2)
Messianism	15	(3)
The Messianism of Jesus of Nazareth	18	(3)
Jesus and the Common People	21	(5)
III. THE STORY OF A NO	26	(12)
The Authority of Jesus of Nazareth	27	(2)
The Pharisees' Response	29	(4)
The Sadducees' Response	33	(5)
IV. THE STORY OF A YES	38	(16)
The Call to Discipleship	38	(2)
The Master's Teaching and His Expectations	40	(3)
The Road to Martyrdom	43	(2)
He is Alive!	45	(3)
Baptism with the Holy Spirit	48	(2)
The Nazarenes	50	(4)
V. THE STORY OF A NO - PART 2	54	(9)
The Sanhedrin's Attitude	54	(2)
The Common People's Attitude	56	(2)
The Pharisees' Attitude	58	(3)
The Status of Jewish Christianity	61	(2)
VI. JEWS AND GENTILES	63	(7)
The Jewish Diaspora	63	(2)
Reaching Out to the Gentiles	65	(1)
Steps Conducive to a Gentile Christianity	66	(4)
VII. SAUL/PAUL OF TARSUS	70	(22)
The Future as God's Kingdom	71	(4)
The Past as Messiah-Centered	75	(4)
The Present as Life in the Spirit	79	(3)
Paul's Attitude Toward Judaism	82	(4)
Paul's Attitude Toward the Gentiles	86	(6)
VIII. THE ANGUISH OF THE JEWS	92	(16)
Saul/Paul as the Catalyst of the Break	92	(4)
Particularism Negated by Universalism	96	(2)
The Law Challenged by the Spirit	98	(2)
Spiritual Rage	100	(5)
The Last Years of a Spiritual Warrior	105	(3)
IX. SEQUEL TO THE CATASTROPHE	108	(11)
Rebirth of Judaism	108	(2)
Centrality of Torah	110	(1)
The Parting of the Ways	111	(3)
The Demise of Jewish Christianity	114	(5)
X. THE BIRTH OF GENTILE CHRISTIANITY	119	(19)
A Quest for a Middle Position	119	(2)
A Fade-Out in Messianism	121	(3)
Which Torah?	124	(4)
Which Messiah?	128	(5)
Which God?	133	(5)
XI. MISTRUST AND ANIMOSITY	138	(20)
Socio-Cultural Siblings	138	(1)
Loyalty to the Covenant	139	(6)
Monotheism in Jeopardy	145	(4)
The Anxiety of the Christians	149	(3)
The First Official Skirmish	152	(6)
XII. SEPARATION BY MUTUAL CONSENT	158	(20)
Cultural Kinship and Social Enmity	158	(3)
Whose Bible?	161	(1)
Death of the Church of the Circumcision	162	(2)
The Lost Heritage	164	(6)
The Residue of Bitterness	170	(8)
A Final Word	178	(4)
Notes	182	(3)
Selected Bibliography	185	(3)
Index	188