The Uniqueness of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue: A Yes and a No

Many +people connected with the Christian-Jewish dialogue as well as some ecclesial documents, including THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD, have declared the church's relationship with the Jewish People totally unique. There is certainly an important dimension of this claim. Christianity has a...

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Main Author: Pawlikowski, John T. 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations [2017]
In: Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Year: 2017, Volume: 12, Issue: 1
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
HC New Testament
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Holy Spirit
B Ecclesiology
B Nostra Aetate
B Christianity
B Logos
B Christian-Jewish dialogue
B Fulfillment
B Religious Plurality
B Asian religions
B Christology
B Letter to the Hebrews
B Judaism
B Interreligious Dialogue
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Summary:Many +people connected with the Christian-Jewish dialogue as well as some ecclesial documents, including THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD, have declared the church's relationship with the Jewish People totally unique. There is certainly an important dimension of this claim. Christianity has a theological and historical link with Judaism that is sui generis. The church accepts the Jewish Scriptures as revelatory and since Vatican II has proclaimed a special bonding with the Jewish People, a bonding it does not enjoy with any other world religion. But there is a danger that the uniqueness is sometimes overemphasized including in THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING. Such overemphasis has the potential to marginalize the Christian-Jewish dialogue as exclusively a North Atlantic issue. There is need to show how the documents generated by the Christian-Jewish dialogue have relevance for global Christianity and for the dialogue with other world religions.
ISSN:1930-3777
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.6017/scjr.v12i1.9799