Children of the Flesh, Children of the Promise

Download or read book Children of the Flesh, Children of the Promise written by Jacob Neusner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative follow-up to his enormously influential ' A Rabbi Talks with Jesus', Jacob Neusner challenges the apostle Paul to debate the true meaning and significance of Judaism. Drawing new boundaries for Jewish-Christian dialogue, Neusner contends that Paul's misinterpretation of Judaism - a misinterpretation perpetuated today by many Christians and Jews - has resulted in the widespread perception of Judaism as ethnic and particular, and Christianity as universal. Yet as Neusner clearly demonstrates, just as Christianity presents an option to all of God's faithful, so too does Judaism's mediation of the voice of God at Sinai echo across the entire world.