Like many medieval Catholic theologians, St. Thomas Aquinas offers a fundamentally ambiguous take on Judaism and the Jewish people. He’s clearly committed to both the importance of the Jews in salvation history, and to the fundamentally flawed practices of Judaism after the coming of Christ. Bruce Marshall joins us with more.

Further Reading

Book: From Sinai to Rome: Jewish Identity in the Catholic Church

Guest Info

Bruce Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine in the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He’s the author of Trinity and Truth and Christology in Conflict, and is working on a book entitled The Primacy of Christ: Faith, Reason and the Cross. He is also a contributor to From Sinai to Rome: Jewish Identity in the Catholic Church.

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