Learning Messiah—Israel and the Nations: Learning to Read God’s Way Anew, by Edjan Westerman

Reviewed by Jennifer M. Rosner

The post-Holocaust world has been marked by a striking two-way reappraisal between Christians and Jews. The historical events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century have provided ample fodder for theological reflection (and revision) along these lines. The Holocaust itself brought the plight of the Jewish people onto the center stage of world history, and the subsequent founding of the modern state of Israel raised a whole host of questions regarding biblical prophecy and its fulfillment.