Roy Schoeman

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Roy H. Schoeman (* 1951 in New York , USA ) is a Jew and author who converted to the Catholic Church . Because of his belief, he gave up a career in economics and is now devoted to Christian mission .

Life

Roy Schoeman's Jewish parents fled Nazi Germany to New York, where he was born and raised. He received his Jewish education from prominent Orthodox rabbis such as Arthur Hertzberg and Arthur Green , who headed the largest rabbinical college in the United States. The charismatic-Hasidic Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach also influenced him.

He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School , where he received an MBA magna cum laude and became a lecturer in marketing. In retrospect, he describes his childhood and youth as very religious, but he left this belief behind in the course of his career. Furthermore, he tells of an increasing feeling of futility despite the success. He attributes his turn to Christianity to apparitions of the Virgin Mary . He counts the Carthusian Father Marcellin Theeuwes among his Christian teachers .

Today he gives lectures and appears as a conference speaker and on television shows in the Christian area.

Religious theses

In his work, Salvation Comes from the Jews , Schoeman has presented in detail his view of the role of Judaism in Christian salvation history , whereby he sees Christianity as the consummation of Judaism and therefore wants to invite Jews into the church, whereby as Jewish Christians they continue to be part of the cultivate Jewish culture.

"Any Jew who does not accept Jesus has not understood the true role of Judaism in salvation history."

- Roy Schoeman

In the Holocaust he suspects diabolical influence and considers the interpretation that this suffering prepares the impending return of Christ ( parousia ) atonement. He also traces the influence of National Socialist ideas on Arab rulers and warns of the influence of Muslim anti-Semitism .

criticism

Schoeman's statements about the mission to the Jews were criticized from various sides. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church has officially no longer carried out a mission to the Jews, which is why Vatican documents on Judaism, e.g. B. from the Pontifical Biblical Commission , The Jewish People and their Holy Scriptures in the Christian Bible (2001), speak of an independent, lasting value of Judaism.

On the other hand, great praise came from the American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke :

"Roy Schoeman's work, Honey from the Rock illuminates the essential link between the Jewish faith and Catholicism through the lives of those who were born into the Jewish faith and have come to know the fulfillment of their faith in Christ and His Catholic Church. [...] Honey from the Rock illustrates in a most concrete way the truth expounded so well by Roy Schoeman in his earlier work, Salvation is from the Jews, which I also wholeheartedly recommend. "

- Raymond L. Burke

Although Schoeman's statements are philosemitic , he was also criticized by Jews for his appropriation of Judaism.

Publications

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thanksgiving , p. 9f., And afterword , p. 299–304, in: Salvation comes from the Jews (2007).
  2. ↑ Review by Raymond L. Burke on amazon.co.uk , ignatiusinsight.com , ignatiuspress.com
personal data
SURNAME Schoeman, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schoeman, Roy H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and Catholic converted Jew
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH new York