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Why Should Christians Care About Jews, William P. Haas Nov 1999

Why Should Christians Care About Jews, William P. Haas

Blumen Collection: Articles

In this article, the author analyzes the theological and historical relationship between Christians and Jews. He asserts that such a dialogue must begin with understanding; therefore he discusses the major conflicts associated with and between these two religions. The author discusses the Catholic Church's stance on relationships between Christians and Jews, Jewish faith experiences, the Jewishness of Jesus, roots of animosity between the religions, the religious significance of the founding of Israel, and the Holocaust.


Ccju Perspective, Fall 1999, Center For Christian-Jewish Understanding Oct 1999

Ccju Perspective, Fall 1999, Center For Christian-Jewish Understanding

CCJU Perspective

Highlights: Fourth Annual Nostra Aetate Awards: The Unfinished Agenda -- CCJU Sets Conferences -- News and Notes: Cardinal O'Connor's Letter; Holocaust Remembrance Day; B'Nai B'rith Makes Donation; Lecture at Seymour Hollander House; CCJU Book Release; Looking Towards the Future -- The Papal Forest -- Academics -- Catholics and Jews Confront the Holocaust and Each Other / by Eugene J. Fisher -- 1974 Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate -- Crosscurrents.


Ccju Perspective, Spring 1999, Center For Christian-Jewish Understanding Apr 1999

Ccju Perspective, Spring 1999, Center For Christian-Jewish Understanding

CCJU Perspective

Highlights: Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony and Lecture -- Dr. Mary Boys Speaks -- Executive Summary of Nostra Aetate Lectures -- Then and Now: 10 Advances in Catholic-Jewish Understanding Since Nostra Aetate -- Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions: Nostra Aetate -- Crosscurrents -- Book Reviews.


Mary's Magnificat: Sources And Themes, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil. Jan 1999

Mary's Magnificat: Sources And Themes, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.

Reverend Lawrence E. Frizzell, S.T.L., S.S.L., D.Phil.

In the 1961 meeting of this Society, the Basilian biblical scholar, James Terence Forestell, reflected upon the biblical background of the Magnificat. He declared that it is not merely a patchwork quilt of Old Testament texts. "The Magnificat is a new hymn with its own unity of inspiration, but the words do reflect a whole stream of O.T. piety, which is not to be isolated in a few texts." He studied the background possibilities in the Jewish Scriptures for every significant term in the hymn.
I will stand with him against the assessment of the Jesuit Scripture scholar, Joseph A. …


Mary's Magnificat: Sources And Themes, Lawrence Frizzell Jan 1999

Mary's Magnificat: Sources And Themes, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

In the 1961 meeting of this Society, the Basilian biblical scholar, James Terence Forestell, reflected upon the biblical background of the Magnificat. He declared that it is not merely a patchwork quilt of Old Testament texts. "The Magnificat is a new hymn with its own unity of inspiration, but the words do reflect a whole stream of O.T. piety, which is not to be isolated in a few texts." He studied the background possibilities in the Jewish Scriptures for every significant term in the hymn.I will stand with him against the assessment of the Jesuit Scripture scholar, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, …


Ministers Of Compassion During The Nazi Period: Gertrud Luckner And Raoul Wallenberg, The Institute Of Judaeo-Christian Studies Jan 1999

Ministers Of Compassion During The Nazi Period: Gertrud Luckner And Raoul Wallenberg, The Institute Of Judaeo-Christian Studies

Teshuvah Institute Papers

The Shoah or Holocaust, defined as the vicious, prolonged and deadly attack on the Jewish people and their way of life in Nazi-dominated Europe, has cast a long and dismal shadow over the latter two-thirds on this century. As we grapple with the inadequacies of so many people in virtually every walk of life and every religious or secular community to stand up to the Nazi threat, we are grateful for heroic examples of those who did act with courage and resolution. They remind us of the moral and spiritual challenge to follow one's conscience when it is not only …


Ccju Perspective, Winter 1999, Center For Christian-Jewish Understanding Jan 1999

Ccju Perspective, Winter 1999, Center For Christian-Jewish Understanding

CCJU Perspective

Highlights: The conference “Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace,” held in Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on May 18-20,1998 was sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding [and other organizations] -- David L. Coppola, Ph.D. named Director of Conferences and Publications -- New SHU campus at Stamford -- The Challenge of Conflict Prevention, address given by Secretary General to the United Nations, Kofi Annan -- Iman W. Deen Mohammed and Cardinal Francis speak about religion, education, peace and social justice --CCJU Executive Summary of Conference at Auschwitz.