Kindred People Analysis

Kindred People-Kindred Minds The contemporary American Christian may profess to have a thorough understanding of the nature of Christianity. Yet he may have, at best, only a vague awareness of the ancient Jewish roots to which Christianity is bound. To add to his confusion, much of the text contained in the sermons delivered from many pulpits is only loosely based on academic study and may contain a great deal of emotionally charged rhetoric. This combination of lack of understanding on the part of Christian and faulty reasoning presented from the pulpit sets forth an inaccurate, one-dimensional picture of Christianity. The Christian who wishes to develop an accurate perception of Christian doctrine must first come to know and embrace ancient Judaism. This path requires one to examine the history of Jewish society and grasp the events that shaped it. One also must venture into the world of kindred …show more content…
. . . The wisdom literature bewails an unjust world in which power and status so often accrue to those who wrong others” (12). The Israelite response to this forced way of life was not so much a physical, violent one as much as an intellectual resistance, empowered through faith that God would deliver them from bondage into the land of milk and honey. Throughout their sojourn in Hellenism and the Roman Empire, the Israelites’ claim to identity continued to be their lineage and their faith based on Mosaic law, which constituted their way of life. Could that ancient tribal people have known they would provide a lens through which other peoples might view faith and be the foundation for a deep understanding of that