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The Crucified Rabbi THE CRUCIFIED RABBI JUDAISM AND THE ORIGINS OF CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY TAYLOR MARSHALL ORIGINS OF CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY TRILOGY VOLUME ONE SAINT JOHN PRESS MMIX If you would like to order large amounts (50 book minimum) of books by Taylor Marshall, such as The Crucified Rabbi, at a wholesale discount, please send an email of inquiry with BOOK ORDER in the subject line: [email protected] Copyright © 2009 Taylor Reed Marshall All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the permission in writing from the publisher or author. Marshall, Taylor The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity / Taylor Marshall 1st ed. Fourth Printing Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 978-0-578-03834-6 1. Christianity and Judaism 2. Apologetics. 3. Catholicism. I. Title. Published by Saint John Press PO Box 568011 Dallas, Texas 75365 Printed in the United States of America Acid-free paper for permanence and durability Cover Design: Steven M. Nelson Please visit The Crucified Rabbi on the web at: www.crucifiedrabbi.com To His Excellency the Most Reverend Kevin Vann Bishop of Fort Worth who received my family into full communion with the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of our Lord Jesus Christ נביא מקרבך מאחיך כמני יקים לך יהוה אלהיך אליו תשמעון׃ - Deuteronomy 18:15 εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωϋσεῖ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν. εἰ δὲ τοῖς ἐκείνου γράμμασιν οὐ πιστεύετε, πῶς τοῖς ἐμοῖς ῥήμασιν πιστεύσετε; - John 5:46-47 Notus in Judæa Deus : in Israël magnum nomen eius. - Psalm 75:1-2 Vulgata CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi How I Discovered the Jewish Origins of Catholicism 1 Introduction 11 Does the Pope Wear a Yarmulke? 11 Is Catholicism Anti-Semitic or Philo-Semitic? 13 Rabbi Israel Eugenio Zolli - The Catholic Rabbi 27 1. Jewish Messiah, Catholic Christ 33 What is Messianic Prophecy? 34 The Old Covenant “Proto-Gospel” 35 Specific Messianic Prophecies Fulfilled by Christ 40 2. Jewish Kingdom, Catholic Church 51 Mary as the Queen Mother of Jerusalem 52 The Pope as the King’s Royal Steward 54 Were Jewish Expectations Left Unfulfilled? 57 Messianic Judaism 63 What about the Accusation of Supersessionism? 64 3. Jewish Tevilah, Catholic Baptism 71 John the Baptist and the Tevilah 73 Baptism, the Tevilah of Conversion 75 Is Baptism a Ceremonial Washing? 77 Catholic Baptism as the Tevilah for Original Sin 78 4. Jewish Passover, Catholic Mass 81 The Passover Meal 82 But Why the Mass? 84 What is Manna? 85 The Bread of Life, the Eucharist 87 “Who can listen to it?” 90 5. Jewish Kohenim, Catholic Priests 93 The Firstborn Priesthood before the Law of Moses 94 The Levitical Priesthood in the Law of Moses 96 Christ the High Priest 101 The Order of Melchizedek 102 The Catholic Priesthood of the New Covenant 105 Priestly Celibacy 107 Is the Pope a High Priest? 109 6. Jewish Vestments, Catholic Vestments 113 Cosmic Clothing 115 Old Covenant Vestments 117 New Covenant Vestments 119 Description of Catholic Vestments 121 Catholic Choir Dress 123 7. Jewish Temple, Catholic Cathedral 127 The Garden of Eden as Archetype 128 Temple Cosmology—Creation and Worship 129 Blueprints of the Old Covenant Tabernacle 130 The Tabernacle Becomes the Temple 131 The New Covenant and the End of the Temple 132 Birth of the Catholic Cathedral 133 8. Jewish Synagogue, Catholic Parish 137 Structure of the Synagogue 139 Structure of the Catholic Parish 140 9. Jewish Nazirites, Catholic Monastics 143 The Nazirite Vow 144 Christian Monasticism 145 Liturgy of the Hours and Jewish Prayer 147 Was Jesus a Nazirite? 150 10. Jewish Marriage, Catholic Marriage 153 First Step: Betrothal 155 Second Step: The Marriage Proper 156 Sacramental Marriages 159 A Brief Word on Annulments 160 11. Jewish Holy Days, Catholic Holy Days 165 Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread 167 Feast of Pentecost 169 New Year’s Day 169 Day of Atonement 170 Feast of Tabernacles 172 Two Additional Holy Days – Purim and Hanukkah 175 12. Jewish Tzaddikim, Catholic Saints 179 The Maccabean Martyrs 180 Heavenly Intercession of the Saints 185 A Hero of the Holocaust—Saint Maximilian Kolbe 186 The Nun of Auschwitz—Saint Teresa Benedicta 188 13. Jewish Afterlife, Catholic Afterlife 191 The Resurrection of the Body 192 Religion of Now or Later? 194 Heaven and Hell, Eden and Gehenna 195 The Harrowing of Hell and the Hope of Heaven 197 Catholic Heaven 200 Epilogue: Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem 203 Appendix: Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus Christ 205 Bibliography 213 Index 219 About Taylor Marshall, Ph.D. 223 ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book began as a collection of notes for a series of public lectures that I delivered at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. during the Spring of 2007. I am grateful to the Rev. Msgr. William Stetson who encouraged me to organize these notes into the book that you now have before you. I would also like to thank Kevin Jones at the Catholic Information Center for his feedback. I don’t know how to begin thanking Jeffrey Morrow, Ph.D. Jeffrey is a Jewish convert to Catholicism and is one of the most gifted young theologians of our day. He read the manuscript and provided comments of incalculable worth—everything from theological observations to specifics regarding Hebrew grammar and vocabulary. Thank you Jeff. I am also grateful to Dwight Lindley who edited the manuscript. Special thanks are do to Albert Doskey for his edits and suggestions regarding the distinctions between Pre-Pentecostal Judaism and Post-Pentecostal Judaism, which are now found in the fourth printing of this book. Charles Page gave the manuscript an extra polish by correcting mistakes found in the first printing. My thanks are also due to Bishop Kevin Vann to whom this book is dedicated, to William Cardinal Baum, Archbishop John Myers, and Bishop Kevin Farrell for their support and encouragement, to Rabbi Jacob Neusner for his earnest engagement with Christianity, to Mark Drogin, David Moss, Roy Schoeman for their perspective as Hebrew Catholics, to Douglas Greene and Michael Kelly at Westminster Theological Seminary for teaching me Hebrew, to Peter Enns, Peter Leithart, and James B. Jordan for xi opening my eyes to the Old Testament, to N.T. Wright, Scott Hahn, James Dunn, Michael Barber, Mary Moorman, Matthew Levering, Mike Aquilina, Brant Pitre and Pope Benedict XVI for their theological insights, to Thomas Howard, Marcus Grodi, Jim Anderson, Robert Barham, Robert Dunikoski, Dave Armstrong, Bill Soltesz, Christopher Malloy, Doug Pearson, Klemens Raab, Dave Palmer, Neal Judisch, Bryan Cross, Tim Troutman, Sean Dollahon, Tom Brown, Matt Yonke, Tom Riello, Andrew Preslar, John Kincaid, and Jonathan Deane for their friendship and encouragement along the way, and to David Mills and Raymond Arroyo for introducing me to the realm of publishing. I would like to thank the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal for their prayers. My gratitude is also due to my loving and supportive parents William and Jennifer. Most of all, I thank my wife Joy who is for me the virtuous and noble wife of the Hebrew Scriptures: Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all (Prov 31:29). Her influence and advice are present on every page of this book. With profound humility, I present this book to our Lord Jesus Christ and pray that every bit of chaff be disregarded and that anything of worth be attributed to His divine mercy. HOW I DISCOVERED THE JEWISH ORIGINS OF CATHOLICISM A priest and a rabbi walked into a hospital… This is not the beginning of a joke, but the beginning of my journey to the Catholic Faith. I discovered the Jewish origins of Catholicism while I was still a Protestant clergyman, an Episcopalian priest to be exact. God quickened the process of my conversion to the Catholic Faith with an insight that I gained from a Jewish rabbi. Without his knowing it, this rabbi opened my eyes to a connection between biblical Judaism and Catholicism. As I pursued the matter, I began to see that Jesus Christ fulfilled the Old Testament by instituting the Holy Catholic Church. As a minister in the tradition stemming from King Henry VIII’s break from the Catholic Church (the Church of England), I realized that I had no other choice—I renounced my ministry and sought reception into the Catholic Church. This journey began one morning as I sat at my desk in a black suit and white clerical collar. I had been ordained as an Episcopalian priest only a few weeks. The pastor of the parish came into my office with a smile on his face. “Taylor, someone has requested a hospital visit.” This was my first official hospital visit as a clergyman. The pastor continued, “Now when you get to the hospital, be sure to introduce yourself at the administration office. Tell them that you are a new minister and that you need clerical tags for your car so that you can park in the ‘reserved for clergy’ parking 2 THE CRUCIFIED RABBI spaces. This will save you time and you won’t have to pay for parking.” “Great. I’m on my way.” “One more thing. Always wash your hands before going into a hospital room, and be sure to also wash your hands when you leave the hospital. Make sure that you always wash. Washing protects you and it protects the patients.” “Got it. Anything else?” “Oh, and when you talk to people in their hospital beds, always be sure to stand at their feet so that they can see your face and hear your voice.
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