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Judaism : an introduction for Christians / James Limburg, translator & editor. [print]

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Augsburg Pub. House, (c)1987.Description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780806622637
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BM561.L563.J833 1987
Contents:
Introducing the Jews. The Jews in North America ; An outline of Jewish history -- Israel : people, people of God, country, and land. Israel : not just a country ; The land of Israel ; Zionism ; Jerusalem ; Religious movements -- Jewish worship. Jewish prayer ; The Jewish festival year ; Celebrations in the home ; Rites of passage ; Worship in the synagogue -- Jewish teachings. The content of Jewish faith ; The Pharisees ; The Talmud ; Messianic expectation -- Jesus. The Old Testament : Jewish book and Christian book ; Jesus the Jew ; Passover and the Lord's Supper ; The trial of Jesus -- Christians and Jews. Anti-Semitism ; The Holocaust : mass murder of the Jews ; Jewish hope and Christian hope ; Christian witness among the Jews ; Christians and Jews today -- Statements on Jewish-Christian relationships. The ten points of Seelisberg (1947) ; The American Lutheran church and the Jewish community (1974) ; Ecumenical considerations on Jewish-Christian dialogue (1982) ; Nostra aetate (Vatican II on the Jews; 1965) ; Guidelines and suggestions for implementing the conciliar declaration Nostra aetate (1975).
Summary: Christians of all denominations will find reliable and up-to-date information on Judaism and its relationship to Christianity. Many questions are answered in this concise, yet comprehensive introduction.
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Translation of: Was jeder vom Judentum wissen muss.

Includes indexes.

Introducing the Jews. The Jews in North America ; An outline of Jewish history -- Israel : people, people of God, country, and land. Israel : not just a country ; The land of Israel ; Zionism ; Jerusalem ; Religious movements -- Jewish worship. Jewish prayer ; The Jewish festival year ; Celebrations in the home ; Rites of passage ; Worship in the synagogue -- Jewish teachings. The content of Jewish faith ; The Pharisees ; The Talmud ; Messianic expectation -- Jesus. The Old Testament : Jewish book and Christian book ; Jesus the Jew ; Passover and the Lord's Supper ; The trial of Jesus -- Christians and Jews. Anti-Semitism ; The Holocaust : mass murder of the Jews ; Jewish hope and Christian hope ; Christian witness among the Jews ; Christians and Jews today -- Statements on Jewish-Christian relationships. The ten points of Seelisberg (1947) ; The American Lutheran church and the Jewish community (1974) ; Ecumenical considerations on Jewish-Christian dialogue (1982) ; Nostra aetate (Vatican II on the Jews; 1965) ; Guidelines and suggestions for implementing the conciliar declaration Nostra aetate (1975).

Christians of all denominations will find reliable and up-to-date information on Judaism and its relationship to Christianity. Many questions are answered in this concise, yet comprehensive introduction.

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