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Thursday, September 27, 2007




RABBI ALAN BRILL COMMENTS ON BENEDICT'S BOOK

Speaking of JESUS OF NAZARETH, Rabbi Brill describes the theology of Pope Benedict concerning the Jews, taking note of the sea change that the book represents, of which the following quote is an example:

Benedict presents a few examples of seemingly anti-Jewish parables. The story of the treacherous tenants in Matthew 21:33-46 is usually taken as proof that Jews were punished and superseded. Benedict offers his personal observations, creatively limiting the parable to those who deny God then and now. From his perspective, he openly rejects the Church Fathers who condemn the Jews based on these parables and says the New Testament does not support them.


I haven't read the book, but if this is a correct interpretation of Benedict's theology, isn't rejection of the teaching of the Church Fathers sufficient to condemn the book, no matter who wrote it?



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