A Hebraic Inkling

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9656-0
Verlag: The Lutterworth Press

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

A fresh analysis of the influence of Judaism and Jewish culture on C.S. Lewis's life and work.

C.S. Lewis's enlightened, foundational respect for the Jews as God's chosen people is a feature in much of his apologetic and theological writing. Although as a boy and young man Lewis reflected much of the implicit anti-Semitism inherent in the public-school-educated Edwardian establishment, this was replaced by deep respect when he became a Christian. Later on, Lewis's understanding was much enhanced by his wife, Joy Davidman (m. 1956); born to American Jewish parents, she was an adult convert to Yeshua Ha Mashiach - Jesus Christ - and Lewis referred to her as a Jewish Christian.
A Hebraic Inkling examines in depth this Jewish-Hebrew influence in Lewis' life and works. Analysing some of his key writings in theology, philosophy, literature and apologetics, his rigorous stand against anti-Semitism and affinity for Jewish literature and culture is outlined, as well as his vision of how Christians are enfolded into the chosen people. This respect and affinity extended to Lewis' own family; when one of Joy's children sought to return to his mother's birth-faith, Lewis moved all to accommodate his wishes and raise him as a Jew, after Joy's untimely death.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brazier, P.H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöses Leben und religiöse Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Ökumenik, Konfessionskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction

Part I: Revelation
1. Thee Young C. S. Lewis
2. The Hebrews, the Jews,. and God: I
3. The Hebrews, the Jews,. and God: II
4. God's Chosen: Holiness, Theology and Spirituality,. Pride

Part II: Scripture
5. The Hebrew Scriptures: Historicity and Humanity
6. The Psalms I: Hebrew eological Poetry
7. The Psalms II: Judgements and Cursings-Imprecatory Poems
8. The Psalms III: A Hebraic Doctrine of Creation
9. The Psalms IV: Hebraic Prefigurement and Meaning
10. The Psalms V: Yeshua, Mashiach: Second Meanings in the Psalms

Part III: Family
11. Sarai-Sarah: Identity. in the LORD
12. The Incarnation Nation: the People and the Savior
13. Joy Davidman and the Mature C. S. Lewis: Race, Semitism. and Family

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Sectional Contents