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Transition from Israel to Jesus

Jesus in Scripture and Tradition

Gary Anderson, University of Notre Dame

Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on August 29, 2016 (go to class or lectures)

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Father, hours, virginal, typological, Judaism, promise, figured, first, substantial, knowledge, epistemic, person, Church, pointer, Christian, fulfillment, master, mystery, chosenness, friend, Isiah

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the transition from Israel to Jesus

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the relationship between the Old Testament and New Testament is of promise and

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prophecy found in 7:14, "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

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this is understood as being fulfilled by the conception of the Christ child by Mary

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but there is a problem with reducing the relationship between Old and New Testament to one of and fulfillment

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it makes the Old Testament become merely a to the New

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there must be something of value to its witness that does not come to an end with the arrival of Jesus Christ in the New Testament

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the two testaments stand in a tight figurative or relationship

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just as Jesus and Israel are both called God's born and beloved sons

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one can ponder the of the identity of Jesus more deeply by considering his relationship to the Jewish people and their scriptures

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in this view, a love for is not just an ecumenical gesture on the part of the Christian

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it has deep value

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it tells us something about the of Jesus Christ that we would not have known otherwise

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for instance, the Old Testament informs on the topic of

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three mysteries

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Israel

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Jesus

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the

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when we say "I know person X"

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I have this person out

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I know how he will act

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this type of knowing should be contrasted with knowing someone as a good

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you can spend with a good friend and there is always something fresh that you can discover about them

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there is a mystery to this kind of person

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it draws us closer and closer

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you can't box up this

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this is the same with e.g. Israel

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you can study it in depth but only begin to scratch the surface of what you can learn about it

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this is the same for the topics Jesus and the Church

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the Bible does not call us to the subject but to begin contemplating this mystery

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one way into this mystery, at least from the Bible, is to keep the question of Israel's identity alive in our hearts and minds as we turn to address the question of Jesus' identity

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and continually reflect on Jesus e.g. on what he means by referring to a God as

Vocabulary:

epistemic, adj. [eh-pis-TEM-ik] of or relating to knowledge or cognition, having to do with branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity ⇒ "Just as Jesus and Israel are both called God's first born and beloved sons, one can ponder the mystery of the identity of Jesus more deeply by considering his relationship to the Jewish people and their scriptures, and in this view, a love for Judaism is not just an ecumenical gesture on the part of the Christian, it has deep epistemic value, telling us something about the person of Jesus Christ that we would not have known otherwise."