The Old Testament and the Significance of Jesus: Embracing Change - Maintaining Christian Identity - Softcover

Holmgren, Fredrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802844537 ISBN 13: 9780802844538

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 1999

Synopsis

A perennial question throughout the history of the Christian faith has centered on the character of the Old Testament and its relationship to Jesus Christ. It is in this area that Christians and Jews have parted ways, creating a deep and enduring chasm between the two faith communities. With this new volume, Fredrick Holmgren aids in closing this hurtful breach by engaging with views on both sides of this important conversation. Holmgren dialogues with Christians from every point on the theological spectrum, urging the church to a new respect for the Jewish Bible, the enduring role of the Old Testament as "Christian scripture," and the valuable contributions of Judaism to the Christian faith. Warning the church against either caricaturing the Old Testament and Judaism or romanticizing Christianity, Holmgren sensitively shows that the New Testament proclamation of newness in Christ carries forward the witness of the Old Testament without making obsolete its Jewish interpretation.

About this title

About the Author:

Holmgren is Professor of Biblical Literature, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.

Walter Brueggemann is Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was a past president of the Society of Biblical Literature. His most recent books include Disruptive Grace: Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church and Journey to the Common Good.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802844537
• ISBN 13: 9780802844538
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222