{"id":394,"date":"2008-06-18T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=394"},"modified":"2008-06-18T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T01:41:00","slug":"a-book-and-a-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"A Book and A Quote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy-Jill Levine is an interesting scholar. An Orthodox Jew she is at the same time, a Professor of New Testament<\/em> studies in the Vanderbilt University Divinity school. I’ve recently read her book, The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus<\/em>. She makes to points in direct opposition to points made by blog neighbor David Schraub<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr Schraub has contended on a number of occasion that the notion of a Judeo-Christian tradition is a false one. Ms Levin’s entire thesis and work is built on that bridge. Additionally, he has in a number of occasions advocated that for various situations apology for wrongs generations ago should be made by the descendents. In opposition to this notion in the context of anti-Semitism, Ms Levine offers (on more than one occasion in this book):<\/p>\n

\u00a0Park guilt and entitlement at the door before engaging in interfaith conversation. Some Christians come t the interfaith table so aware of their history of supersessionism, anti-Semitism, and violence against Jews that they avoid claiming that Jesus is the Messiah, for to do so would be telling Jews that Judaism is wrong. [….] Conversely, aware of the tragic histry of supersessionism, anti-Semitism, and violence against Jews, some Jews come the the table with a sense of entitlement: they seek apologies rather than engagement. Neither approach is useful<\/em>. Christians today are not responsible for the sins of the past<\/em>; Jews today are not in the position to grant forgiveness<\/em> for those sins. Neither Judaism nor Christianity has a pristine history, and victimization is not something to be celebrated. [note: emphasis mine]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These highlight the twin problems which Mr Schraub and the “apology” advocates in Jewish or racial matters miss.<\/p>\n

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  1. Those in the present are not responsible for past sins and those descendents of those wronged are not in a position to grant absolution or forgiveness for those sins at any rate.<\/li>\n
  2. Coming to the table with an expectation of entitlement or a consciousness of guilt is not conducive to engagement or rapprochement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Amy-Jill Levine is an interesting scholar. An Orthodox Jew she is at the same time, a Professor of New Testament studies in the Vanderbilt University Divinity school. I’ve recently read her book, The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. She makes to points in direct opposition to points made by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,58,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-culture","category-marko","category-race-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t