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The past and future of Jewish-Christian dialogue. The history of the relationship between Judaism and Christianity is storied and tragic. However, recent decades show promise as both parties reflect on their self-definitions and mutual contingency and consider possible ways forward. In Healing the Schism, Jennifer M. Rosner maps the new Jewish-Christian encounter from its origins in the early...

from the nations is … necessary for the election of Israel; it is among the constituent or integral parts of the existence of the Jewish people as God’s chosen.”15 According to Marshall, Israel’s election “would be void if the biological descendants of Abraham indeed received God’s promised blessing, but had ceased to be identifiable as Abraham’s descendants, that is, as Jews. The permanence of Israel’s election thus entails the permanence of the distinction between Jew and Gentile.”16 Marshall contends
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