--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[I wrote:]
> > [He overstates his case here, as most
> > Christians consider Jesus 'given for the sake of
> >the world' and I think there is a Jewish concept of
> >'being a light unto the world' also.]
>
> There is a core Jewish concept of the people Israel
> being called upon by God
> to be "or l'goyim" ("a light unto the nations"). We
> are supposed to be a holy
> nation in obedience to God, which will inspire the
> rest of the world to goodness and unity.
Ah, nice to know that my recall of comparative
religions class is not totally faulty. OTOH, I'm
fairly sure that the concept of Jesus as a
world-savior is of course from interpretation of
Jewish texts...duh! Should have remembered _that_.
Debbi
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