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Jews and Greeks

… this broader context and his message this way: “The Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness” (1 … the first century, there were also various ways of being a Jew. Different groups, comprising “sectarian” or …

The First Coming of the Lord to the Jews

… revealed information about the Savior’s ministry among the Jews. Though this study is about the Lord’s first coming, it … work. “A prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews,” Lehi testified, “even a Messiah, or, in other words, a … is of note that God designed the Savior’s mission to the Jews as the means of taking salvation to all His children. …

The Message to the Jews with Special Emphasis on 2 Nephi 25

… treat the subject of the Book of Mormon’s “Message to the Jews,” with special emphasis on 2 Nephi 25. As some of you … perhaps it would be well to look briefly at the word Jew inasmuch as usage has changed the meaning of this word … those of the tribe of Judah and his associates. Thus all Jews are Israelites, but not all Israelites are Jews, because …

“To the Convincing of the Jew and Gentile That JESUS Is the CHRIST”

… is found on its title page: “to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.” … this dual designation to include three distinct groups: Jews, Gentiles, and descendants of Lehi (known in the latter … Mormon 7:1–10), and Moroni (see Mormon 8–9). The title “Jews” in the Book of Mormon is affixed to individuals from …

What Jews Can Learn from Latter-day Saints: Insights from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

… Passover in July? Not for Jews, but for millions of others who celebrate a holiday … who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. [2] Both Jews and Latter-day Saints have core narratives of …

Understanding Covenants and Communities

… faith communities can engage in a meaningful dialogue. … Jews and Latter-day Saints in Dialogue … Understanding …

Framing the Restoration and Gathering

… of the main themes of the Book of Mormon is the role that Jews have historically played in God’s work and the central … who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to the Jew and Gentile” and is “to show unto the remnant of the …

Supersessionism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: A Jewish Response

… alternative. [2] And just to show that I, as a Reform Jew, stand doubly accused, I note that when Reform Judaism … All of us religionists—Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jews, Latter-day Saints—are in our own way supersessionists. … In Augustine’s classic expression of Jewish subjugation, Jews are comparable to the biblical Cain, dismissed from …

Zion and Israel in Jewish Political Thought

… historical bond of the Jewish people to their land, and Jews would trace their claim to Israel through a series of … their diaspora experience, primarily through their texts, Jews would symbolically revisit this national drama. This was …

Supersessionism and Latter-day Saint Thought: An Appraisal

… theology, [1] looms so large in any dialogue between Jews and Christians that our delay in addressing it may well … brushed aside or glossed over. As Latter-day Saints and Jews engage with one another in honest dialogue, they must … a book (the Bible) would proceed forth from the mouth of a Jew containing the fullness of the gospel of the Lord. It …