An Unusual Relationship : : Evangelical Christians and Jews / / Yaakov Ariel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ariel, Yaakov,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History ; 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Itis generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little incommon. Yet special alliances developedbetween the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicalsviewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who failed torecognize their true savior. Consequently, they set out to influence the courseof Jewish life by attempting to evangelize Jews and to facilitate their returnto Palestine. Their double-edged perception caused unprecedented political,cultural, and theological meeting points that have revolutionizedChristian-Jewish relationships. An Unusual Relationship explores thebeliefs and political agendas that evangelicals have created in order to affectthe future of the Jews. Additionally, it analyses Jewish opinions and reactionsto those efforts, as well as those of other religious groups, such as ArabChristians.Thisvolume offers a fascinating, comprehensive analysis of the roots,manifestations, and consequences of evangelical interest in the Jews, and thealternatives they provide to conventional historical Christian-Jewishinteractions. It also provides a compelling understanding of Middle Easternpolitics through a new lens.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Roots and Early Beginnings of the Evangelical-Jewish Relationship -- 2 The Evangelical Messianic Faith and the Jews -- 3 Evangelical Theologians, Institutions, and Publications and the Jews -- 4 Evangelicals and Jewish Restoration -- 5 Evangelicals and Jews in the Holy Land -- 6 Instructing Christians and Jews -- 7 Evangelical Yiddish -- 8 Evangelical Christians and Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theories -- 9 The Evangelical Understanding of the Holocaust -- 10 Evangelicals and the Birth of the Jewish State -- 11 Evangelical Christians and the Building of the Temple -- 12 Evangelical Jews -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author