Helen Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis … Jewish Believer

I must confess that I am an avid fan of C.S. Lewis.  My niece and I are counting down the days until Prince Caspian (four as of today).  I have read almost everything Lewis has written and cried during the closing scenes of Shadowlands in which his wife, Helen Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis, dies of cancer.

I have always known that Joy Davidman was a Jewish believer in Jesus but I have not given it as much thought as needed until yesterday.  She became a Jewish believer after dabbling in atheism, communism, and Scientology.  She was the prototypical Jewish woman of her time … searching for answers.  She is also the prototypical Jewish woman of this time … still searching for answers.

Therefore, as we count down the days until Prince Caspian arrives in the theaters.  Let’s also remember the testminoy of a Jewish woman who discovered the true hope of a relationship with “Aslan” (Jesus if you didn’t know).  A woman who went through the wardrobe and found the lamppost of the Gospel message.

C.S. Lewis himself wrote about Joy Davidman (and all Jewish believers) in his introduction to her work on the Ten Commandments, Smoke on the Mountain:

In a sense, the converted Jew is the only normal human being in the world.  To him, in the first instance, the promises were made, and he has availed himself of them.  He calls Abraham his father by hereditary right as well as by divine courtesy.  He has taken the whole syllabus in order, as it was set; eaten the dinner according to the menu.  Everyone else is, from one point of view, a special case, dealt with under emergency regulations.

For more information on the Jewish believer Helen Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis:

1. https://rbc.gospelcom.net/offers/imo_dod/home.php
2. http://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Mountain-Interpretation-Ten-Commandments/dp/066424680X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210601586&sr=8-1
3. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/01/RVGQFGC5DO1.DTL