Overview
Poignant meditations occasioned by a unique convergence of commemorative events. On Good Friday, April 14, 1995, Christians remembered the crucifixion of Jesus, Jews reenacted the Passover, and the world at large observed the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II and the Holocaust. That unusual juxtaposition formed the backdrop as Joel Marcus-a Jew by birth, a Christian by choice-took the pulpit at St. Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. This book presents Marcus's stirring meditations that day on the relationship between the deaths of six million innocent Jews in the Holocaust and the death of one innocent Jew on the cross. Through reflection on Bible passages in light of stories and poems about the Holocaust, Marcus shows how the hope that Christians have always found hidden in the darkest hour of their liturgical year can shed light on the most tragic moment of our recent history-and vice versa.
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Author: Joel Marcus ,
Ellen T. Charry
Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Imprint: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Edition: Reprint
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.159kg
ISBN: 9780802874351
ISBN 10: 0802874355
Pages: 153
Publication Date: 27 March 2017
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Ellen T. Charry -- from the foreword By giving authentic voice to the dead voices of the Holocaust refracted through the agony of the original crucified Jew, Joel Marcus brings Christians into the suffering of his people that Jews and Christians may weep together. He has blessed all the people of God, both the Jewish people and the Christian church.
Ellen T. Charry -- from the foreword -By giving authentic voice to the dead voices of the Holocaust refracted through the agony of the original crucified Jew, Joel Marcus brings Christians into the suffering of his people that Jews and Christians may weep together. He has blessed all the people of God, both the Jewish people and the Christian church.-
Author Information
Joel Marcus is professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Duke Divinity School and author of the two-volume Anchor Bible Commentary volume on Mark. Ellen T. Charry is Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. She earned a PhD in religion from Temple University following an MSW from Yeshiva University and BA from Barnard College. Charry's interest is in the Christian life, and her books include By the Renewing of your Minds, Inquiring after God, and God and the Art of Happiness. From1998 to 2010 she was a member of the Theology Committee ofthe House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church.
