Upon This Rock: A New Look
Subtitle: Catholicism, Israel, and the Church
Publisher: Westbow Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781449778958
Description: This book is a technical, exegetical study of Matthew 16:13-20; John 20:21-23; 21:15-19; Romans 11; and Ephesians 2, addressing these topics:

(1) "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church."
(2) "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven."
(3) "Whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."
(4) If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
(5) "Shepherd My sheep."
(6) What is the relationship between Israel and the "church"?
(7) What does Paul's metaphor of the olive tree in Romans 11 represent?
(8) Does Paul say in Ephesians 2 that Gentiles become "citizens" of Israel?
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Abbreviations; title: 13
label: Introduction; title: Part I: Matthew 16:13-20; pagenum: 23
title: The Position of the Roman Catholic Church
label: Chapter 1; pagenum: 31
title: Peter
label: Chapter 2; pagenum: 43
title: The έκκλησία
label: Chapter 3; pagenum: 51
title: Preliminary Steps in Identifying the Qāhāl (Steps 1-3)
label: Chapter 4; pagenum: 83
title: Preliminary Steps in Identifying the Qāhāl (Step 4: Romans 11)
label: Chapter 5; pagenum: 109
title: Preliminary Steps in Identifying the Qāhāl (Step 5: Ephesians 2)
label: Chapter 6; pagenum: 123
title: Identifying the Qāhāl
label: Chapter 7; pagenum: 137
title: Building the Qāhāl
label: Chapter 8; pagenum: 143
title: The Qāhāl and the Roman Catholic Church
label: Chapter 9; pagenum: 157
title: The Gates of Hades
label: Chapter 9 Appendix; pagenum: 161
title: The Keys of the Kingdom
label: Chapter 10; pagenum: 181
title: The Power of Binding and Loosing
label: Chapter 11; pagenum: 226
title: The Tradition of the Elders and the Mishnaic Halakhah
label: Chapter 11 Appendix 1; pagenum: 231
title: Roman Catholic Sacred Tradition
label: Chapter 11 Appendix 2; title: Part II: John 20:21-23; pagenum: 235
title: "Receive the Holy Spirit"
label: Chapter 12; pagenum: 259
title: Remitting and Retaining Sins
label: Chapter 13; title: Part III: John 21:15-19; pagenum: 285
title: "Feed My Lambs"
label: Chapter 14; pagenum: 301
title: Is the Church a New Entity That Began at Pentecost?
label: Appendix 1; pagenum: 313
title: The Olive Tree in Romans 11 and The Commonwealth of Israel in Ephesians 2
label: Appendix 2; pagenum: 343
title: The Messianic Community and The Sense in Which Gentiles as Individuals Become Part of National Israel During the Interadvent Period
label: Appendix 3; pagenum: 365
label: Bibliography