A Man Who Might Be Iran’s Next Supreme Leader Appears on Israel’s Border
Enemies at the gates.
February 9, 2018
The Palestinian Theologian Trying to Turn Christian Churches against Jews
The new political supersessionism.
Participating in a panel discussion at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, Robert Benne—an expert on Lutheran theology—found himself deeply disturbed by one of his co-panelists, the prominent Palestinian Lutheran pastor Mitri Raheb. Raheb, “something of a celebrity” on the campus, has been influential in bringing the anti-Israel cause—including boycotts—to mainline Protestant churches. In his talk, Raheb repeated, to enthusiastic applause, the standard anti-Israel talking points about apartheid, colonialism, and the like, adding the claim that Jews have no ancestral connection to the ancient Judeans and Israelites. Even more troubling, Benne found in Raheb’s words a revival of supersessionism—the doctrine that the advent of Christianity has completely voided God’s prior covenant with Israel:
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Islamic State May Be Losing Territory, but It Won’t Give Up on Winning It Back
The need to govern is real.
The Palestinian Theologian Trying to Turn Christian Churches against Jews
The new political supersessionism.
Setting the Record Straight on Poland and the Holocaust
Heroic acts of rescue alongside terrible crimes.
Is Jewish Law an Expression of Heavenly Ideals or a Pragmatic Measure for Bringing Order to Society?
A 14th-century rabbinic debate on the purpose of the legal system.