Lecture Nineteen: Systematic Approaches
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Systematic Approaches
THEO 40217: Jews and Christians
Throughout History
Systematic Approaches Lecture Notes
Franz Mussner (Professor of Theology, Regensburg Germany)
-begins with Auschwitz
--p. 148 Auschwitz as hermeneutic function [relates to N.A.]
--Election of Israel
--note Romans 9:11-13
--continuing election of Israel [p. 148]
--Land of Israel [p. 151]
--note B. Klappert’s three models of “promise of land of Israel” [p.154]
--God’s continuing covenant with Israel [p. 154
--“Joy in Torah” [p. 155]—counters the myth of ‘legalism’
--Israel as saved in Rom. 9:4 [p. 157]
--Rom. 11:26
--models of salvation—p. 166
--post-Christum salvific model of Israel [p. 168 ff]
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (as Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal of Munich; Professor of Theology)
“Israel, Church and World” (essay title)
Theological reflection which is grounded in Scripture
Begins with Auschwitz
Goal is reconciliation
--Emphasis is that the unity of Scripture [NT/OT] means that Christians can never be in conflict with Judaism
--see p. 36-37
--Focuses on Catechism to reveal the emphasis on Jesus within the context of the Jewish people
--no collective Jewish guilt p.42-43
--Christian sin crucifies Jesus [Council of Trent] p. 43
“The New Covenant” (essay title)
--focus on the meaning of ‘testament’ or ‘covenant’
--the ‘fulness of the covenant in Christ’ does not diminish the Sinai covenant p. 59-60
--Covenant established by God in Christ is present in the Hebrew Bible[“faith of Israel”] p. 63-67
--Covenant is relationship p. 74-77 [Martin Buber]
problems with Ratzinger
--entirely self-contained
--no way out of the system?
--what is the purpose and meaning of the Jewish people post Christum? [in contrast to Mussner]
Systematic Approaches Lecture Notes
Franz Mussner (Professor of Theology, Regensburg Germany)
-begins with Auschwitz
--p. 148 Auschwitz as hermeneutic function [relates to N.A.]
--Election of Israel
--note Romans 9:11-13
--continuing election of Israel [p. 148]
--Land of Israel [p. 151]
--note B. Klappert’s three models of “promise of land of Israel” [p.154]
--God’s continuing covenant with Israel [p. 154
--“Joy in Torah” [p. 155]—counters the myth of ‘legalism’
--Israel as saved in Rom. 9:4 [p. 157]
--Rom. 11:26
--models of salvation—p. 166
--post-Christum salvific model of Israel [p. 168 ff]
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (as Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal of Munich; Professor of Theology)
“Israel, Church and World” (essay title)
Theological reflection which is grounded in Scripture
Begins with Auschwitz
Goal is reconciliation
--Emphasis is that the unity of Scripture [NT/OT] means that Christians can never be in conflict with Judaism
--see p. 36-37
--Focuses on Catechism to reveal the emphasis on Jesus within the context of the Jewish people
--no collective Jewish guilt p.42-43
--Christian sin crucifies Jesus [Council of Trent] p. 43
“The New Covenant” (essay title)
--focus on the meaning of ‘testament’ or ‘covenant’
--the ‘fulness of the covenant in Christ’ does not diminish the Sinai covenant p. 59-60
--Covenant established by God in Christ is present in the Hebrew Bible[“faith of Israel”] p. 63-67
--Covenant is relationship p. 74-77 [Martin Buber]
problems with Ratzinger
--entirely self-contained
--no way out of the system?
--what is the purpose and meaning of the Jewish people post Christum? [in contrast to Mussner]
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