Died 1983 | ||
Books The Jewish People and Jesus Christ: The Relationship Between Church and Synagogue | ||
Jakób Jocz (1906-1983) was born in Vilnius, Lithuania and studied in Germany, England and Scotland. He received his Ph.D. and Litt.D. from Edinburgh University, Scotland. He contributed to many professional journals and wrote four other books of Old Testament study and systematic theology.
Dr. Jocz was ordained in the Anglican Church, and served for many years as Professor of Systematic Theology at Wycliffe Seminary, Toronto.
As a third generation Hebrew Christian he was passionately interest in evangelism amongst Jews. However he also saw the need for a place of dialogue and sought to get the two communities to understand their past and get past the stereotypes.
Jocz most notable works are The Jewish People and Jesus Christ written in 1949 and on the distinctive nature of Israel and Church before God in his 1958 work A Theology of Election: Israel and the Church. He turned his attention in 1968 to the future destinies of both groups in his often reprinted The Covenant: A Theology of Human Destiny.