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Our Father Abraham is a stunning achievement! Marvin Wilson has written a magnificent book that breaks new ground in furthering positive Christian-Jewish relations. His superb scholarship is combined with many concrete suggestions for building a new relationship between the church and the synagogue, between Christians and Jews. -- Rabbi A. James Rudin The American Jewish Committee An ambitious book, sweeping in scope. Wilson has thrown down a theological gauntlet, challenging Christians of all kinds to reform a two-thousand-year-old history of misunderstanding Jews and misinterpreting our own sources. Our Father Abraham does not pretend to be the last word in the dialogue, but it is a powerful first salvo! -- Carl E. Armerding Regent College For too long discussion of the Jewishness of Jesus has remained academic. Few scholars have had the interest or ability to unfold the practical meaning of the Gospels' Jewish roots for today's church. Wilson has finally filled that void. And the result is simply revolutionary. For the first time someone has given the person in the pew an understanding of just what the Jewishness of Jesus means for his or her everyday life. -- Jerusalem Perspective A distinctive exposition of what it means for today's church to be part of Abraham's spiritual family. . . . Refreshing and enlightening. --Journal of Religion A magnificent achievement in calling the entire body of Gentile Christianity to reassess the great religion to which it is permanently indebted. -- Christian Scholar's Review A thoroughly fascinating and enjoyable book. . . . Wilson's goal is to show the Jewish roots of Christianity and of Jesus . . . and improve interfaith understanding. He succeeds brilliantly. -- Jewish Advocate A major breakthrough for evangelicals working in the area of Christian-Jewish relations. -- Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society It is undoubtedly Wilson's intention that all of us come to see our differences as more concerned with means than ends, and to a great degree he succeeds. I recommend this book to anyone with a well-thumbed Bible, but especially to church and synagogue groups (together, whenever possible) who are interested in finding out where the other half lives. -- Journal of Ecumenical Studies

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Marvin R. Wilson, a leading scholar on Christian-Jewish relations, is the Harold J. Ockenga Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Theological Studies at Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts, where he taught for over fifty years. He also wrote Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage-a sequel to Our Father Abraham-and served as primary scholar of the award-winning national television documentary Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith, based on Our Father Abraham.

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