Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
This revised dissertation (Catholic Theology Faculty, Tübingen) was written in conscious dialogue with the Vatican II documents on Jewish and Christian relations. Still, the volume has value for all scholars seeking more clearly to understand the Lukan and Pauline perspectives on the future of Israel. Schafer argues that both Paul and Luke, like most Jewish writers of their time, were deeply influenced by Deuteronomistic theology on the abiding, but conditional, nature of God’s covenant with Israel. According to Schafer, both Luke and Paul regarded the initial presence of a core group of Jewish believers within early Christianity as essential for establishing Christianity's legitimacy, but both writers then struggled with the growing prevalence of Gentiles within Christian circles and with the increasing Jewish rejection of the Christian movement.
Recommended Citation
Previously published in Religious Studies Review, September 2013, 39(3), pp. 177-178 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rsr.12058_10/full