Introduction: Confronting the impasse
The impasse
Entering the Jewish-Christian dialogue
Introduction: Facing the past : Hoshoah as the great divide
Present repentance : documents of the church
Roman Catholic documents
World Council of Churches documents
Lutheran documents
Other North American documents
Dialogue as meta-framework
Initial Christian attempts to approach Jesus as Jew
1965-1974
Faith and fratricide
Conclusion: The dialogue at an impasse
Exploring some christological paths
Introduction: Urgency of the question
John Pawlikowski : Jesus in the pharisaic context
Paul van Buren : Christ in the Jewish context
Rosemary Ruether : humanity as the collective Messiah
Conclusion: Still at an impasse
A way forward
Examining the radical empirical method
Choosing context as primary
William James
Alfred North Whitehead
Empirical theology
Bernard Lee's appropriation of empiricism
Lee's retrieval of the Hebraic context : a critique
Mapping some variations on the messianic theme
Introduction: Contextualizing concepts
The Jewish origin and development of the messianic concept
The Christian shift and development of the messianic concept
The messianic concept in context of the Jewish-Christian dialogue
Among Jews
Among Christians
Conclusion: A way forward?
Conclusion: Discerning paths past, present and future.