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From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933-1965 Hardcover – February 6, 2012

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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press; First edition. edition (March 5, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674057821
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674057821
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5.0 out of 5 starsJewish Scholars Helped Change Catholic Teaching About Jews
By T. Patrick Killough on June 30, 2012
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How astonishingly good a read is John Connelly's 2012 FROM ENEMY TO BROTHER: THE REVOLUTION IN CATHOLIC TEACHING ON THE JEWS 1933 - 1965!

The book's title includes two dates: 1933 and 1965.

-- In January 1933 Adolph Hitler came to power in Germany and quickly drew upon centuries of ingrained European feelings about Jews ranging from superiority to hatred.

-- In December 1965 Pope Paul VI closed the three year old Second Vatican Council. Its "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions NOSTRA AETATE ("In our times") included a brief Chapter Four on the Jews described as "Abraham's Stock." In a few Latin sentences, the Council fathers reversed and intended to end definitively centuries of anti-Jewish preaching by the Roman Catholic Church.

From the days of the New Testament, the earliest followers of Jesus of Nazareth wrestled with such questions as: must a pagan become a Jew before becoming a Christian? Initially, that was a decision only leading Jewish Christians could make. And in the ACTS OF THE APOSTLES we see Christian Jews gathered in Jerusalem laying down conditions allowing pagans to be baptized and enter into fellowship with Jews who followed Jesus. Thus it was rules laid down by Jews that made it possible for Greeks and other heathen to follow Jesus as brothers. Only Jews, initially, had such power in the Church.

According to Professor John Connelly, John the Evangelist, long before he died, stopped considering himself a Jew. By contrast, Paul of Tarsus never ceased being and feeling himself to be Jewish.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsMajor attractions and minor problems
By Johnny Curedents on December 30, 2013
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No one who wants to understand better the genesis of Nostra Aetate at Vatican II should pass by this book. I have seen other reviews here allege that it is "too scholarly" or that there are "too many names" mentioned in it, but the average reader who gives it attention will have no problems with it. There is some repetition, especially in the later chapters (these seem less well-written than those at the beginning), but that fact may actually help readers unfamiliar with the names of the priests, bishops, and lay theologians involved. I do have one minor criticism of the book, again related specifically to the later chapters. For whatever reason, Connelly repeatedly misuses the words ''fortuitous'' and ''disinterested'', writing the former where he means ''fortunate'' and the latter where he means ''uninterested''. His English is good enough otherwise to make one wonder why.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOutstanding exemplary scholarship
By Philip Miller on August 3, 2013
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Originally in the Journal, Seat of Wisdom, Issue 7 (Summer 2013): 59-61.

It is received wisdom that the wheels that run the Catholic Church grind
slowly, extremely slowly. In the case of a sea-going vessel, it takes tremendous
effort to change the course of a large ship, for it needs to be done at a slow rate and not in haste, lest the vessel capsize. John Connelly, who is an associate
professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, has in his book
From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933-1965
presented in exquisite (some might say exhausting) detail how the otherwise slow-moving Church was able to recast its position towards the Jews in a remarkably short period of time, while at that same time it sought to redefine
herself during the Second Vatican Council. One of prominent successes of the
Second Vatican Council was the promulgation of Nostra Aetate in 1965.

Speaking in 2006, fifty years after the Declaration, Father Thomas Stransky, C.S.P., one of those who drafted Nostra Aetate as an advisor at Vatican II, said the Declaration signaled "a 180 degree turnabout" for the Church. Connelly, referencing Edward H. Flannery's best-seller, The Anguish of the Jews (1965), said that Nostra Aetate had revised "... all that the church had taught about Jews since its early days, a time when teachings about Christ's divinity or the Trinity had yet to be formulated. From the third century at the latest, church authorities taught that the Jews' destiny was to wander the earth suffering retribution from God for rejecting Christ, seeing in their destitution as the most direct evidence that the church's claims to God's favor were correct.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsnew facts in the approach about Jews and Judaism in the Catholic theology
By mal on February 4, 2014
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immensely important topic in understanding the transformation in the relationship of Catholic church to Judaism. John Connelly should be commended on his thorough research in telling us about a few brave ,dedicated Christians who understood the importance of the Church interpretation of apostolic teachings. A fresh look at the ancient St. Paul letters open a window to allow theologians to argue in favor of Paul favorable view on the Jews. Second Vatican Council transformed the Catholic church and now we understand why!
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2.0 out of 5 starsFrom Enemy to Brother
By Shelly B on August 8, 2012
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This book is too minutely detailed, with a multitude of names which makes it near impossible to tell who's who, who the good guys and the bad are. It's too scholarly for the casual reader It also glosses over some of the un-admirable behavior of many important figures in the Catholic Church. I think it presents too rosy a view - while Vatican II includes noble intent on the part of the Church, the actual change in attitude within the Church hierarchy leaves much to be desired.
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