Covenant

Larison has been trying to puzzle out Glenn Beck's theology, making the broadly unassailable point that whatever it may be, it's hardly orthodox Christianity. On a related and minor note, I am both amused and bemused by the persistent inclusion of the Judeo- in that goofy neologism, Judeo-Christian, at least insofar as it relates to all this hubbub about salvation, a concept that with a very few exceptions, is totally alien to Judaism. I mean, I certainly understand why certain Western political types seek to link these, uh, Western religions against the minions of Mordor or whatever, but really, although they share some of the same narrative mythology, Judaism and Christianity are very, very, very, very different. To the question of individual vs. collective salvation, Jews tend to look on with puzzled indifference. "Didn't they get it in writing?"