Shekhinah Spirit: Divine Presence in Jewish and Christian Religion (Studies in Judaism and Christianity)

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Notes......Page 17
PART I: THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE PROBLEM OF EXCLUSIVISM......Page 20
1. Christian Pneumatologies and Anti-Judaism......Page 22
1. In the Christian Testament......Page 24
2. In Post-Holocaust Theologies......Page 32
B. Five Theses in Response to the Problem......Page 39
C. An Alternative Direction for Pneumatology......Page 42
Notes......Page 45
2. Ruach, Pneuma, Shekhinah: The Divine Presence......Page 48
1. Ruach in the Hebrew Scriptures......Page 49
2. Pneuma in Pre-Christian Judaism......Page 54
3. Shekhinah in the Rabbinic Writings......Page 58
B. A Process Appropriation of the Shekhinah......Page 65
C. A Christian Interpretation of Divine Presence......Page 72
D. Implications for Christian Trinitarianism......Page 74
Notes......Page 80
PART II: THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL......Page 86
3. Text and Presence: A Hermeneutic of Exile......Page 88
A. The Zohar: Encountering Evil......Page 92
B. Isaac Luria: Postponing Presence......Page 100
C. A Contemporary Hermeneutic of Exile: Meandering Meanings......Page 104
Notes......Page 109
4. Holocaust and Holy Spirit......Page 114
1. Pansacramental Presence in Buber......Page 117
2. Commanding Presence in Fackenheim......Page 125
3. Dialectical Presentness in Cohen......Page 133
1. The Point of Confluence: Divine Vulnerability......Page 138
2. Divine Vulnerability in Process Theodicy......Page 140
3. Process Pneumatology through a Hermeneutic of Exile......Page 142
Notes......Page 150
PART III: THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE PROBLEM OF ESCHATOLOGY......Page 156
5. Toward a Shekhinah Christology......Page 158
1. Conception/Pre-Existence......Page 164
2. Baptism......Page 170
3. The Nazareth Sermon......Page 175
4. Defeat of Demons......Page 180
5. Transfiguration......Page 183
6. Crucifixion......Page 186
7. Resurrection......Page 190
B. The Point of a Shekhinah Christology......Page 195
Notes......Page 199
6. Eschatological Spirit in Creation, Covenant and History......Page 203
A. Eschatology and Creation......Page 207
B. Eschatology and Covenant......Page 209
1. In Israel......Page 210
2. In the Church......Page 213
C. Eschatology and History......Page 221
D. Eschatology and the Spirit......Page 225
Notes......Page 228
Bibliography......Page 230
Index of Names and Subjects......Page 239