The Catholic Church and the Jewish People: Recent Reflections from Rome

Published by Fordham University Press 2008

The Catholic Church and the Jewish People

Recent Reflections from Rome

Edited by: Philip A. Cunningham , Norbert J. Hoffman and Joseph Sievers

In the series Abrahamic Dialogues

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823292769

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About this book

This book makes available in English important essays that mark the fortieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate). Surveying Vatican dialogues and documents, the essays explore challenging theological questions posed by the Shoah and the Catholic recognition of the Jewish people’s covenantal life with God. Featuring essays by Vatican officials, leading rabbis, diplomats, and Catholic and Jewish scholars, the book discusses the nature of Christian-Jewish relations and the need to remember their conflicted and often tragic history, aspects of a Christian theology of Judaism, the Catholic-Jewish dialogue since the Shoah, and the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel. The book includes an essay by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, and documents on the rapprochement between the Church and the Jewish people.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Walter Kasper Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part 1. Reflections on the Relationship between Jews and Christians
1. Paths Taken and Enduring Questions in Jewish-Christian Relations Today: Thirty Years of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews Walter Kasper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Progress and Issues of the Dialogue from a Jewish Viewpoint Riccardo Di Segni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
3. Jewish Perspectives on Christianity Giuseppe Laras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
4. Reflections toward Jewish-Christian Dialogue Carlo Maria Martini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Part 2. The Need to Remember
5. The Difficult Apprenticeship of Diversity Anna Foa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
6. The Shoah as a Shadow upon and a Stimulus to Jewish-Christian Dialogue Massimo Giuliani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Part 3. Toward a Christian Theology of Judaism
7. Israel and the Church—The Two Explorers of the Promised Land: Toward a Christian Theology of Judaism Bruno Forte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
8. The Covenant That Was Never Revoked: The Foundations of a Christian Theology of Judaism Erich Zenger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
9. Jewish-Christian Relations: A Conciliar Discovery and Its Methodological Consequences for Dogmatic Theology Peter Hünermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Part 4. The Post-Shoah Catholic-Jewish Dialogue
10. Nostra Aetate and the Discovery of the Sacrament of Otherness Alberto Melloni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
11. The Creation and Work of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews Jorge Maria Mejía Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
12. The Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee Pier Francesco Fumagalli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
13. A Sign of Great Hope: The Beginning of the Dialogue between the Holy See and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Norbert J. Hofmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Part 5. The New Relationship between the Holy See and the State of Israel
14. The Vatican and Israel Achille Silvestrini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
15. The State of Israel and the Holy See Oded Ben-Hur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
Appendixes
Appendix 1: Drafts Leading to the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix 2: Joint Declarations of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee (ILC) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Appendix 3: Joint Statements of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel’ s Delegation for Relations with the Catholic Church Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Appendix 4: Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel, December 30, 1993 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
About the Editors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index of Scriptural Passages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780823292769