Ben Friedman, a Jewish businessman...
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Ben Friedman, a Jewish businessman, scholar and participant in Jewish-Christian dialogues, has written an intriguing novel about the witness of the apostles in The Anguish of Father Rafti. Father Rafti is a young Roman Catholic priest who is judged by a civil count to be guilty in the death of a Jewish boy, because he had unwittingly incited young boys to hatred of Jews by his telling of the crucifixion story.
Friedman in a very insightful way shows how through the centuries Christians have been guilty of perpetuating anti-semitism with the wrong kind of emphasis on the crucifixion. The truth is we are all guilty of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ because of our sins. However, we are all called to repentance that we might experience the freedom from sin by God's gift of forgiveness through the merits of Jesus Christ whom God raised from the dead. By the resurrection we are set free not only from the guilt and punishment we deserve in the hell of eternal death, but we are set free to contemplate and claim eternal life with Christ.
--Huxhold
Friedman in a very insightful way shows how through the centuries Christians have been guilty of perpetuating anti-semitism with the wrong kind of emphasis on the crucifixion. The truth is we are all guilty of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ because of our sins. However, we are all called to repentance that we might experience the freedom from sin by God's gift of forgiveness through the merits of Jesus Christ whom God raised from the dead. By the resurrection we are set free not only from the guilt and punishment we deserve in the hell of eternal death, but we are set free to contemplate and claim eternal life with Christ.
--Huxhold
