Covenant and Chosenness in Judaism and MormonismRaphael Jospe, Truman G. Madsen, Seth Ward Covenant and chosenness resonate deeply in both Mormon and Jewish traditions. For both of these communities, covenant and chosenness represent enduring interpretations of scriptural texts and promises, ever-present in themes of divine worship and liturgy. The chapters of this volume written by leading scholars of both communities, debate scriptural foundations, the signs of the covenant, the development of theological ideas about covenant, and issues of inclusivity and exclusivity implied by chosenness. |
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... nature of Judaism : " A particularist understand- ing for the present , a universalist one for the future ... natural science . Kellner sees a dichotomy within Maimonides similar to the one he posits for the Alenu : Maimonides offers a ...
... nature of Judaism : " A particularist understand- ing for the present , a universalist one for the future ... natural science . Kellner sees a dichotomy within Maimonides similar to the one he posits for the Alenu : Maimonides offers a ...
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... nature of this mutual love can be expressed by a formula of bilateralism : Israel is YHWH's people , and YHWH is Israel's God ( Deut . 29:12 ) . This bilateral formula , reminiscent of a wedding formula , appears in Exodus ( Exodus 6:10 ) ...
... nature of this mutual love can be expressed by a formula of bilateralism : Israel is YHWH's people , and YHWH is Israel's God ( Deut . 29:12 ) . This bilateral formula , reminiscent of a wedding formula , appears in Exodus ( Exodus 6:10 ) ...
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... nature of the land of Israel . Like Deuteronomy , the priestly writings hold that God gave this land to Israel as its patrimony , its nahalah , and this gift entails an obligation not to defile it and to respect life and treat people ...
... nature of the land of Israel . Like Deuteronomy , the priestly writings hold that God gave this land to Israel as its patrimony , its nahalah , and this gift entails an obligation not to defile it and to respect life and treat people ...
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... natural disasters paved the way for a game of musical nations in which the great peoples of the inhabited world were on the march . The volca- nic explosion of the island of Santorini ( Thera ) and the earthquakes that seem to have ...
... natural disasters paved the way for a game of musical nations in which the great peoples of the inhabited world were on the march . The volca- nic explosion of the island of Santorini ( Thera ) and the earthquakes that seem to have ...
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... nature , two - sided . The human keeper of a promise with God can depend on God's fulfillment of all that was promised in return . The Book of Mormon records many examples of covenants be- tween God and man and between individuals or ...
... nature , two - sided . The human keeper of a promise with God can depend on God's fulfillment of all that was promised in return . The Book of Mormon records many examples of covenants be- tween God and man and between individuals or ...
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Signs of the Covenant Sabbath and Temple | 57 |
The Sabbath as a Covenant in Mormonism and Judaism | 59 |
The Inextricable Link between Temple Covenant and Chosenness in Judaism and Mormonism | 71 |
Covenants Modern and PostModern | 89 |
Covenant and Ultimate Destiny Particularistic and Universalistic Visions | 129 |
Implications and Extensions in Mormonism and Judaism | 131 |
Overcoming Chosenness | 147 |
Exclusivity vs Inclusivity | 173 |
A Literature Survey of MormonJewish Studies | 195 |
Notes on Contributors | 212 |
Index | 215 |
Index of Sources | 221 |
Covenant and Chosenness in the Revelations and Writings of Joseph Smith | 91 |
Covenant and Chosenness in Postmodern Jewish Thought | 103 |
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Popular passages
Page 50 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 87 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 85 - For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God : the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Page 60 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm ; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 77 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 153 - For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent.
Page 85 - And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments : and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
Page 82 - Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 77 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Page 82 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.