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Faith In Jesus And His Power, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle B liturgical readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 2, 2009: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78; Eph 4:17, 22-24; Jn 6:24-35. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Christ Satisfies The Hungry, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle B liturgical readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 26, 2009: 2 Kg 4:42-44; Ps 145; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

The Model For Christian Leaders, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle B liturgical readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 19, 2009: Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34.This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Triune God And Human History, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle B liturgical readings for Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2009: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 33; Rm 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Woman Has Two Faces: Re-Examining Eve And Lilith In Jewish Feminist Thought, Diana Carvalho

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Throughout the religious history of American feminism, Jewish feminist biblical interpretation shifted attention away from Eve as a viable example of women's identities. Instead, Lilith, the independent, "demon" and "first wife" of Adam is praised as a symbol of female sexuality for "Transformationist" Jewish feminists. Re-claiming Lilith as the "first Eve," "Transformationist" Jewish feminists turn scripture on its head. Eve's creation and her actions in Genesis are interpreted as a product of patriarchy and male dominance, while Lilith in the midrashic narrative, the Alphabet of Ben Sira, is used by Jewish feminists to reclaim their identities on religious and …

The Religious Other As Neighbor, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

Many stories are told about antagonism between Christians and Jews, especially in countries with a large Jewish minority. The history of persecution should be told along with the lessons learned for our time. A brief review of examples whose participants were neighbors, either in reality or in principle, may be instructive. This paper will move through the centuries in a rapid survey, recalling friendly contacts or benign exchanges between Christians and Jews.

Mary And The Jews: The Gospels And The Early Church, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The intention of this essay is twofold; to extend the time period of my earlier essays on Mary and the biblical heritage and to sketch the developments in the early Church, in spite of their burdens of motifs relating to the Jewish people, so that we can understand our history with an insight into the Church's roots and prepare for a better future in Christian- Jewish relations.

The Church And The Jews In The Liturgy, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The Second Vatican Council developed a number of profound theological insights which have influenced the liturgy of the Roman Rite and the spirituality of the faithful. The Church's relationship with the Jewish people has implications for each local congregation's call to be good neighbors; more profoundly, a proper understanding of the Church's roots in the Jewish heritage is integral to our own self understanding.

Images Of Egypt In Early Biblical Literature: Cisjordan-Israelite, Transjordan-Israelite, And Judahite Portrayals, Stephen C. Russell

Publications and Research

This book suggests a regional paradigm for understanding the development of the traditions about Egypt and the exodus in the Hebrew Bible. It offers fresh readings of the golden calf stories in 1 Kgs 12:25-33 and Exod 32, the Balaam oracles in Num 22-24, and the Song of the Sea in Exod 15:1b-18 and from these paints a picture of the differing traditions about Egypt that circulated in Cisjordan Israel, Transjordan Israel, and Judah in the 8th century B.C.E. and earlier.
In the north, an exodus from Egypt was celebrated in the Bethel calf cult as a journey of Israelites …

"Review Of Flame Of Yahweh: Sexuality In The Old Testament ", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Sanctified ‘Adultress’ And Her Circumstantial Clause: Bathsheba’S Bath And Self-Consecration In 2 Samuel 11, J. D'Ror Chankin-Gould, Derek Hutchinson, David H. Jackson, Tyler D. Mayfield, Leah Rediger Schulte, Tammi J. Schneider, E. Winkelman

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Bathsheba's actions in 2 Sam. 11.2-4 identify crucial aspects of her character. Past commentators interpret these words in connection with menstrual purification, stressing the certain paternity of David's adulterine child. This article demonstrates that the participles rōheset and mitqaddesšet and the noun mittum'ātāh do not denote menstrual cleansing. Bathsheba's washing is an innocent bath. She is the only individual human to self-sanctify, placing her in the company of the Israelite deity. The syntax of the verse necessitates that her action of self-sanctifying occurs simultaneously as David lies with her. The three focal terms highlight the important legitimacy of Bathsheba before …

The Library's Bassin Collection, Scott Sheidlower, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

In May 1973, York College President Milton G. Bassin donated 495 volumes to the York College Library, most of which were written in either Hebrew or Yiddish, with some also in Aramaic. The books belonged to his father, Max Bassin (who was sometimes referred to as Morris, Moses, or Moshe), who was a noted anthologist of Yiddish poetry.

The Trajectory Of The "Warrior Messiah" Motif In Scripture And Intertestamental Writings, Sook-Young Kim

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the continuity/discontinuity between the Testaments with the Warrior Messiah motif as a test. The intertestamental writings (IW) were also included with their interpretive role to assess the continuity. The approach of "canonical biblical theology" was adopted as the methodology.

The findings of chapter 2 on the OT show: the core messianic ideas already existed from the beginning, rather than gradual developments; earlier biblical material forms the background of the later ones, and not the surrounding ANE texts; the nature of the warfare is universal and cosmic; the divine Warrior fights the antagonistic …

"Review Of Sacrifice And Symbol: Biblical Šělāmîm In A Ritual Perspective", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"Review Of Le Temps Et Les Temps: Dans Les Littératures Juives Et Chrétiennes Au Tournant De Notre Èr", Michael Patella Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Worship, The Bond Between Time/Space And Eternity, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

Dr. Kenneth Schmitz's review of philosophical insights into language and writing is necessarily focused on the world of Greece and Rome. It would be valuable to have scholars immersed in the Hebrew language and traditional Jewish culture to reflect upon the same issues. At a conference on the trivium and quadrivium in Medieval Europe, Dean Arthur Hyman of Yeshiva University was asked to comment. His response was brief: "This was not the Jewish approach."Recalling the genius and limitations of a language to convey insights into the meaning of life and its mysteries, we acknowledge the role of translation in conveying …

Tribulations Of The Patriarch Joseph And Jesus In Greek And Latin Piety, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

The dramatic account of Joseph and his brothers in Genesis 37-50 has been the subject of many commentaries and reflections, by both Jews and Christians. How have the questions of crime and forgiveness been treated as a major theme by Christians? From early texts the pious effort to interpret the biblical message into a coherent whole led to a link between Joseph and Jesus. How has this been developed in the first millennium of Christianity? Father Frizzell examined this theme in “Tribulations of the Patriarch Joseph and Jesus in Greek and Latin Piety,” which he originally presented at the Medieval …

Projecting The Passion: The Invention Of The 'Judeo-Christian Tradition' In The Roman/Biblical Genre Of Postwar American Film, Don Michael Burrows

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper traces the changes in the American view of the relationship between Jews and Christians from the First World War to the present as reflected in motion pictures from the earliest of the biblical epics to Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ. It demonstrates that the "Judea-Christian tradition " as it has developed since the Second World War is a political theme that functioned first as anti-fascist propaganda and then as anticommunist propaganda that portrayed Jews and Christians as good and free in contrast to Nazis and communists; and it shows what an effective medium the movies were in …

Jew And Christian In The New Testament, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

In general, anti-Jewish bias in the Christian community does not go back to the New Testament (NT) itself (since its authors were Jews) but arises shortly afterward through misreadings of ambiguous passages written by these Jews. What often passes for anti-Jewish sentiment in the NT is excerpted from a dispute within the Jewish community as to what it means to be a good Jew. When cited later by non-Jews, Paul's and John's passionate wording leant itself easily to anti-Jewish interpretation.The issues in Jewish-Christian relations from 30-100 CE are complex for several reasons. This article sketches certain aspects of these questions …

The Death Of Jesus And The Death Of The Temple, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

Whether he knew it or not, Mel Gibson touched on theological traditions formed long after the lifetime of Jesus in his movie, The Passion of Christ. To have them shape a movie that purports to tell a story set during the lifetime of Jesus – even if only in his last twelve hours – adds a confusing kind of anachronism to Gibson’s effort to “tell it like it was.” It (the movie) is as it (the history) wasn’t.To understand the place of the Temple in the lifetime and the piety of Jesus of Nazareth, we have to look beyond later …

Interreligious Dialogue In Global Perspective, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The tensions between religions and political systems have been evident in intellectual and cultural contexts throughout human experience. In past ages, there has been a propensity for each culture or religion to assume that it embodied the best in every aspect of the human order. There is no longer any excuse for such narrowness spawned of ignorance to dominate the thinking of educated people. Yet mere tolerance of other approaches to the common challenges of humanity will not provide security for all, especially for minorities within a culture or for weaker societies in a given region striving to maintain their …

Jews And Judaism In The Medieval Latin Liturgy, Lawrence Frizzell, J. Henderson

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The purpose of this study is to sketch the positive and negative dimensions in the Latin liturgy of the Church's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish people during the period prior to the sixteenth century. Seasons of the liturgical year and particular ceremonies are discussed in some detail to present the impact of the liturgy on the perception of Catholics regarding their Jewish neighbors.Copyright of The Liturgy of the Medieval Church is held by Medieval Institute Publications (Western Michigan University).

Toward Repentance And Reconciliation, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The Rev. Lawrence E. Frizzell, D.Phil reviewed the history of Christian-Jewish relations over the centuries in his presentation, "Toward Repentance and Reconciliation," at the convention, “Changing the Future by Confronting the Past,” which was organized by the Evangelische (Protestant) Sisters of Darmstadt in Jerusalem from April 17-22, 2001.

Christians And Jews Learning Together And Remembering The Past To Shape The Future, The Institute Of Judaeo-Christian Studies

Teshuvah Institute Papers

The Reverend Remi Hoeckman, O.P., S.T.D., secretary of the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, offered the third Monsignor John M. Oesterreicher Memorial Lecture on October 29, 1995. On the occasion of a visit to New Jersey in order to receive an honorary degree from Ramapo College, he gave his second lecture at Seton Hall University on April 2, 2000. The two essays, which complement each other, are presented in print so that a wide readership may have access to these reflections on the work of the Holy See in dialogue with Jewish and Christian thinkers on …

"Review Of Court Oracles In The Psalms: The So-Called Royal Psalms In Their Ancient Near Eastern Context", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"Who Is Sleeping In The Bed Of Sodom?", Nancy Levene

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

The question that I am left with from the extraordinary presentations over the conference's two days borrows from Rabbi Steve Greenberg's and Ludger Viefhues's discussion of the multiple images of the biblical "Sodom". Conventionally Sodom has signified a place of sexual deviance or, conversely, sexual censorship. But as Greenberg pointed out, in many traditional commentaries on the story of the condemnation of Sodom, the issue was not that the townspeople were engaged in forbidden sexual practices, but that they were violent and hostile to those in need of shelter and food.

"The Jews" In The Fourth Gospel, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

This article examines the work various scholars have endeavored to apply to themes and passages in John's Gospel so that its salutary intention is appreciated to the full.

"Review Of King And Messiah In Israel And The Ancient Near East: Proceedings Of The Oxford Old Testament Seminar ", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"Review Of A Star Is Rising: The Historical Development Of The Old Testament Royal Ideology And The Rise Of The Jewish Messianic Expectations", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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, …