Making Wise the Simple: The Torah in Christian Faith and Practice
Language: English
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005
- Softcover
- New
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- Title
- Making Wise the Simple: The Torah in Christian Faith and Practice
- Author
- Van Wijk-Bos, Johanna W.H.
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0802809901
- ISBN 13
- 9780802809902
- Seller catalogs
- Biblical Studies
Having lived in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation, van Wijk-Bos recognizes that after the attempted annihilation of the Jews from Christian Europe, it cannot be business as usual for Christianity. In light of the Holocaust, Christians must commit themselves to the restoration of just relations between Christians and Jews. This commitment to address all that fractures human relations undergirds van Wijk-Bos's call for Christians to reengage the Torah.
Making Wise the Simple points out how God's care for and engagement with the whole world in the Torah set the tone for the entire biblical story. The book pays special attention to how our treatment of strangers lies at the heart of the Torah's teaching. Without attempting a purely Jewish reading of the Torah, van Wijk-Bos reclaims the Torah as a vibrant word for the Christian community in covenant with God.
Written in a personal style conversant with current scholarship but sprinkled with anecdotes, this book is for everyone who has a hunger and enthusiasm for what the biblical text may convey, the courage to ask disturbing questions of the text, and an openness to old words that may bring forth new things, perhaps even making one wise.
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