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Aquinas on Israel and the church : the question of supersessionism in the theology of Thomas Aquinas / Matthew A. Tapie ; foreword by Pim Valkenberg.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 022790396X (electronic bk.)
  • 9780227903964 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781630875367
  • 1630875368
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 261.26 23
LOC classification:
  • B765.T54 T32 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The language of supersessionism -- Aquinas and the question of supersessionism -- Israel and the church in Aquinas's Pauline commentaries -- The ceremonial law as a shadow of the night (Hebrews) -- The ceremonial law as present spiritual benefit for Jews (Romans) -- The ceremonial law as fulfilled, dead, and deadly (Galatians) -- The replacement of Israel as societas sanctorum (Ephesians) -- Rival versions of Christ's fulfillment of the law: the tension in Aquinas's thought between Galatians 5:2 and Romans 3:1-2 -- Aquinas as resource for Jewish-Christian relations.
Summary: Theologians have long debated the significance of the Jewish religion for the Christian Church. Some scholars see Thomas Aquinas as the leading advocate of the belief that Israel has been superceded by the Church, while others hold that Aquinas avoids supersessionism altogether. The discussion has, however, not always analysed the terminology, nor has it taken into account some of Aquinas's commentaries on Paul's letters, his writings most relevant to the subject.Drawing upon the Pauline commentaries, Matthew Tapie shows that while Aquinas's most commonly articulated view is that the passion o.
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Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 2012 under title Aquinas on Israel and the Church : a study of the question of supersessionism in the theology of Thomas Aquinas.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198).

Introduction -- The language of supersessionism -- Aquinas and the question of supersessionism -- Israel and the church in Aquinas's Pauline commentaries -- The ceremonial law as a shadow of the night (Hebrews) -- The ceremonial law as present spiritual benefit for Jews (Romans) -- The ceremonial law as fulfilled, dead, and deadly (Galatians) -- The replacement of Israel as societas sanctorum (Ephesians) -- Rival versions of Christ's fulfillment of the law: the tension in Aquinas's thought between Galatians 5:2 and Romans 3:1-2 -- Aquinas as resource for Jewish-Christian relations.

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Theologians have long debated the significance of the Jewish religion for the Christian Church. Some scholars see Thomas Aquinas as the leading advocate of the belief that Israel has been superceded by the Church, while others hold that Aquinas avoids supersessionism altogether. The discussion has, however, not always analysed the terminology, nor has it taken into account some of Aquinas's commentaries on Paul's letters, his writings most relevant to the subject.Drawing upon the Pauline commentaries, Matthew Tapie shows that while Aquinas's most commonly articulated view is that the passion o.

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