“For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it as a home. Here shall I rest for evermore, here shall I make my home as I have wished.” (Psalm 132:13-14) This section seeks to elucidate the status of the earthly Jerusalem in the plan of divine redemption, according to the Holy Scriptures. For…
Preface In an article by journalist Jean Duhaime, reporting on the symposium held at the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Nostra Aetate Declaration, in 2005, he recounts that: At the beginning of his speech, Cardinal Kasper read out a letter from Pope Benedict XVI. (On the 40th anniversary of…
BS”D Introduction The New Covenant is one of the subjects on which Jews and Christians are divided. According to the Christian interpretation, the founding moment of the New Covenant is the Jewish Passover meal (known as the Last Supper), the moment when Jesus shares out the bread and wine and teaches the apostles that…
B”H Yoel Ben Arye Introduction The object of this study is to improve Jewish-Christian theological relations and to demystify certain aspects of these relations. To these ends, this article will discuss – from our hermeneutic viewpoint – Christ’s statement presented in the Gospel of John (14:6): “(…) No one can come…