Incarnation and Israel: A Supralapsarian Account of Israel’s Chosenness

In its first part, this essay maps various ways in which Christian theology has tried to make sense of the notion of Israel’s election: as simply an expression of Israel’s religious self-consciousness (Friedrich Schleiermacher, Naim Ateek), as serving a larger goal in the divine economy (N.T. Wright...

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Main Author: Driel, Edwin Chr. van 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Modern theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-18
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel / Israel / Incarnation of Jesus Christ / Supralapsarismus / Substitutionstheorie
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
HB Old Testament
NBF Christology
NBL Doctrine of Predestination
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Summary:In its first part, this essay maps various ways in which Christian theology has tried to make sense of the notion of Israel’s election: as simply an expression of Israel’s religious self-consciousness (Friedrich Schleiermacher, Naim Ateek), as serving a larger goal in the divine economy (N.T. Wright, missional hermeneutics), and as the result of a divine falling in love (Michael Wyschogrod, Jon D. Levenson, R.W.L. Moberly). Finding all these approaches theologically wanting, in its second part the article develops an alternative approach, embedded in a supralapsarian Christology. The third part of the essay refutes the idea that supralapsarian Christology leads to supersessionism (R. Kendall Soulen) and argues that rather the opposite is the case: on the account of Israel’s election offered here, the covenant with Israel cannot be superseded because it is rooted in the very being of the incarnate One himself.
ISSN:1468-0025
Contains:Enthalten in: Modern theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/moth.12806