An Unusual Relationship: Evangelical Christians and Jews

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An Unusual Relationship THE GOLDSTEIN-GOREN SERIES IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY General editor: Hasia R. Diner We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945–1962 Hasia R. Diner Is Diss a System? A Milt Gross Comic Reader Edited by Ari Y. Kelman All Together Different: Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism Daniel Katz Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition Marni Davis Jewish Radicals: A Documentary System Edited by Tony Michels An Unusual Relationship: Evangelical Christians and Jews Yaakov Ariel An Unusual Relationship Evangelical Christians and Jews Yaakov Ariel a NEW YORK UNIVERSIT Y PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2013 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ariel, Yaakov. An unusual relationship : Evangelical Christians and Jews / Yaakov Ariel. pages cm. — (The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8147-7068-9 (cl: alk. paper) 1. Judaism—Relations—Evangelicalism. 2. Evangelicalism—Relations—Judaism. 3. Evangelicalism—United States. 4. Judaism—United States. 5. Antisemitism. I. Title. BR1641.J83A76 2013 261.2'6—dc23 2012049428 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Rachel This page intentionally left blank ...