Variations on the Messianic Theme: A Case Study of Interfaith Dialogue (Judaism and Jewish Life) - Hardcover

Wyse, Marion

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934843474 ISBN 13: 9781934843475

Publisher: Academic Studies Press, 2009

Synopsis

Over fifty years after the Holocaust, Marion Wyse explores interfaith dialogue between the Jewish and Christian communities and attempts to evaluate what goals these communities have reached and where they now stand. While many painful issues have been addressed and Jews and Christians in dialogue have achieved a solid respect for each other, the basic disagreement over the Christian designation of Jesus as the Jewish messiah still stands. Theologians have suggested varying approaches but none convince both parties. This work employs William James’ radical empirical method to show that the original Jewish messianic concept, the Christian shift, and the Jewish repudiation of the shift, can each be seen as valid faith variants.

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About the Author

Marion Wyse is a Professor at the School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. She is a multi-University of Toronto graduate, during which time Tyndale published her novel The Prophet and the Prostitute. Her ThD (1998) investigated the history of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue. She taught six years in China's Xiamen University and three in Moscow affiliated with Touro College New York. CrossCurrents published her "Fa Lung Gong and Religious Freedom" in Spring 2000.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934843474
• ISBN 13: 9781934843475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264