Mission among the Jews
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Date
2005
Authors
Van de Beek, A.
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Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
Enlish: The author discusses whether the issue of mission among the Jews deals with the
basic question of mission or whether it is the core of the Christian faith. Although
both Jews and Christians reject the idea and (more so) mission among the Jews, the
author strongly argues for its need, for mission is not the expansion of ideas or cultures,
but the telling of the good news of Christ’s death and resurrection. Religion
is not based on a doctrine but on an event that must be communicated to all and,
first, to the people of God. The first people to do so were Jewish Christians. When
Gentile Christians are called to proclaim the gospel to the Jews, they can do so only
on the common ground of the Scriptures: the Old Testament. This requires knowledge
of the Old Testament that is compatible with the Jewish knowledge of the
Scriptures, which must be living letters of Christ as a result of the fullness of the
gospel in their lives.
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Keywords
Missiology, Jews, Christian faith
Citation
Van de Beek, A. (2005). Mission among the Jews. Acta Theologica, 25(2), 160-176.