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| Titre : | John and Jamnia: How the Break Occured Between Jews and Christians c. 80-100 A.D. |
| Auteurs : | Frédéric Manns, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Jerusalem [Israel] : Franciscan Printing Press, 1988 |
| Format : | 75 p. / Photo N&B |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | GJ/B (Histoire de l'Eglise : période apostolique; origines du christianisme; judéo-christianisme) |
| Résumé : |
Fr. Manns’ book is a scholarly reconstruction of the break between Jews and Christians around 80-100 A.D. based on rabbinic sources and a re-reading of the Gospel of St. John.
Jamnia was the place near present-day Tel Aviv in the Holy Land where the Pharisees tried to reorganize Judaism after the world-shattering destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. To strengthen the shaken Jewish community, they had to exclude the back-sliders and front-sliders, as it were, like the Nazarenes, the new Jewish-Christians. These early Christians still frequented synagogue like good Jews and now celebrated the breaking of the bread like good Christians. But the Pharisees told them that arrangement was no longer permitted. Amidst the doctrinal and practical confusion, St. John raised his elderly voice to call the Jewish-Christians out of the Synagogue into the full light of the new Church. He pointed out how Jesus the Son of God fulfilled all they had ever had in the Law of Moses and surpassed it. Leave the Synagogue, John said, since the Pharisees will not have you and find in Christ all the answers to your questions. All this did not happen in a single day. The break took place over a 30-year period from c. 70-100 AD. Jamnia and John were the two poles that influenced the rupture between Jews and Christians. At that time you had to choose one or the other; there was no more middle ground. Fr. Manns originally published this material in two articles in the LIBER ANNUUS of the Franciscan Biblical School in Jerusalem. But it was felt that this research was valuable to the Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Jerusalem and elsewhere and so deserved a much wider audience. Fr. Manns is a Roman Catholic exegete at the above-mentioned school with a doctorate in Talmudic and Mishnaic studies. So he is uniquely qualified to show both sides of the split of almost 2,000 years ago. Today as we understand more and more how much Jews and Christians have in common, it is only natural to ask what went wrong back then at the crucial parting of the ways. This author offers some answers. It is our fervent hope that this booklet may contribute to a deeper mutual understanding between our two great faiths. As the young rabbi from Nazareth once said, “the truth shall make you free”. FR. RAPHAEL BONANNO, ofm. - Editor, Holy Land Magazine and Publications in English |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introduction
CHAPTER ONE — The Jewish Community at Jamnia - I. The Destruction of the Temple - II. The Reorganization of Judaism at Jamnia: a) Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkay / b) Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanos / c) Rabbi Joshua ben Hananyah / d) Raban Gamaliel / e) The 18 Decisions CHAPTER TWO — John’s Community and Gospel: the Reaction 1. John’s Vocabulary / 2. The Johannine Community confronts Jewish Law / 3. The Johannine Community versus the Exegesis of the Pharisees / 4. The Johannine Community and the Temple / 5. John’s Community and the Organization of the Church / 6. John’s Community and the Problem of Ritual Purity CHAPTER THREE — John’s Christian Answer to Jamnia - 1. The Bronze Serpent / 2. The Observance of Sabbath / 3. Jesus the Man / 4. The Law / 5. The Phrase ‘Am he ares (the People of the Land) / 6. “I AM” / 7. The Priestly Prayer and Yom Kippur / 8. Jesus enters Jerusalem / 9. The Death of Jesus |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| GJ/B 200b | GJ/B 200b | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
