What the pope should have done, these voices say, is repudiate aspects of the foundational layers of Christian tradition, including the New Testament itself,..
Whoa, this guy wants a pope that will destroy the New Testament. Hardly. What we need is a pope that will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capitol.
You have misread the article. Mr. Klinghoffer is quoting with disapproval those Jews who want the next Pope to eviscerate the NT.
And unfortunately, the Catholic Church will never recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, because they hold that they are the "true Israel" and that national Israel is an anachronism.
And unfortunately, the Catholic Church will never recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital...
Why should the Church recognize "bloodline theology"? It's anti-Christ. Israel is a state that accords rights and privilege according to one's DNA or who their mother was.
Skinheads also feel that they are God's chosen people by being born of a certain biological stock.
A "Jew" is someone whose mother is Jewish. One can be a wiccan and be a Jew yet if he converts to Christianity he's no longer a Jew. Another can lead his life in strict accordance to God's law in the Old Testament and not be one of "God's chosen people" because of how he was born.
Forget the Church, Christ Himself teaches us that this is wrong. Not only is it wrong by Christ, it doesn't resolve intellectually.
...and that national Israel is an anachronism.
It is.... prodigal son. The temple was destroyed 70 years after our Savior's death and Israel was shortly thereafter abandoned. The Jewish people were left scratching their heads wondering how they were going to get around defunct Mosaic animal sacrifice laws. He's not called "The Light of the World" for nothing you know.
Without the Christian ethos, there would be no modern Israel. The spirit of Christ (whether consciously realized or not) caused the West to show charity to the Jewish people after the horror committed on them via the Nazis.
While the Jews (in my meaningless opinion) should be left alone to cultivate Israel, they should not ever have full exclusive title to Jerusalem. There lies sacred real estate to be claimed by many.
You'll probably ascribe antisemitism to me as you often do, but that's OK.