Jewish Identity
- ISBN-10
- 0939409003
- ISBN-13
- 9780939409006
- Pages
- 231
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Miriam Press
- Author
- Elias Friedman
Description
JEWISH IDENTITY is a theological analysis of the nature & meaning of the Election of Israel, by God, as a chosen people. The "Who is a Jew?" debate in the State of Israel indicates a certain confusion about Jewish identity, even amongst Jews. Is Jewry a race, a nation, a religious denomination? What is the relation of the Election to the Law of Moses & to the Land of Israel? Can the horrors of the Holocaust be reconciled with the idea of the Election? Can the fact that the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel was largely led by agnostic & atheistic Jews be explained in light of the Election? Most Christian claims concerning Jesus as Messiah necessarily lead to the view that the Election is no longer operative or, on the contrary, does not the New Testament require an affirmation of the irrevocability of the Election? The author, a Hebrew Catholic Carmelite Priest from Haifa, Israel, presents a bold yet rigorous theological-historical approach to the "THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL." This provocative & insightful work is sure to make many readers think about the Jewish people in new & constructive ways.
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- 2013
- - pages
- Paperback
- Ktav Publishing House
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- 1998
- 255 pages
- Paperback
- Magnes Press, Hebrew University