Searching Her Own Mystery: Nostra Aetate, the Jewish People, and the Identity of the Church

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Synopsis
According to Mark Kinzer, Messianic Jewish scholar and Rabbi, in Searching Her Own Mystery, "Vatican II's Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian religions (Nostra Aetate) transformed the Catholic view of the Jewish people and the Jewish religious tradition." He notes "that the Church discovers her link to the 'stock of Abraham' when 'searching her own mystery.'" Further. he asserts that "Nostra Aetate intimated that the mystery of Israel is inseparable from the mystery of the Church. As interlocking mysteries, each community requires the other in order to understand itself." In his book, Kinzer argues "that the Church has yet to explore adequately the implications of Nostra Aetate for Christian self-understanding. The new Catholic teaching concerning Israel should produce fresh perspectives on the entire range of Christian theology, including Christology, ecclesiology, and the theology of the sacraments." To this end, "Kinzer proposes an Israel-ecclesiology rooted in Israel-Christology in which a restored ecclesia ca circumcisione--the 'church from the circumcision'--assumes a crucial role as a sacramental sign of the Church's bond with the Jewish people and genealogical-Israel's irrevocable election." In short, Kinzer, in this Searching Her own Mystery, discusses differences and similarities between Judaism and Catholicism, and hopes that this discussion will further repair the schism that exists between these different cultures and traditions. His aim is to reconcile the two religions and make each of them realize that they need each other and are interconnected. His book is replete with footnotes that he uses to couch and support his ideas and arguments.
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
280 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781498203319
Publisher:
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Mark S. Kinzer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:
Barbara Baker
Proofread By:
Sister M. Dolores Dean
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Christoph Schönborn

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