Christianity in Jewish Terms (Radical Traditions (Paperback)) - Softcover

Frymer-Kensky, Tikva

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813365724 ISBN 13: 9780813365725

Publisher: Basic Books, 2002

Synopsis

Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic and unprecedented shift in Jewish-Christian relations, including signs of a new, improved Christian attitude towards Jews. Christianity in Jewish Terms is a Jewish theological response to the profound changes that have taken place in Christian thought. The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which features a main essay, written by a Jewish scholar, that explores the meaning of a set of Christian beliefs. Following the essay are responses from a second Jewish scholar and a Christian scholar. Designed to generate new conversations within the American Jewish community and between the Jewish and Christian communities, Christianity in Jewish Terms lays the foundation for better understanding. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.

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Synopsis:

Explains to American Jews the core religious beliefs of Christianity and assesses the threats and promises of the JewishChristian encounter from a Jewish perspective.. Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic and unprecedented shift in JewishChristian relations, including signs of a new, improved Christian attitude towards Jews. Christianity in Jewish Terms is a Jewish theological response to the profound changes that have taken place in Christian thought. The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which features a main essay, written by a Jewish scholar, that explores the meaning of a set of Christian beliefs. Following the essay are responses from a second Jewish scholar and a Christian scholar. Designed to generate new conversations within the American Jewish community and between the Jewish and Christian communities, Christianity in Jewish Terms lays the foundation for better understanding. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.

About the Author:

Tikva Frymer-Kensky is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.David Novak holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.Peter Ochs is the Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia.David Sandmel is the Jewish Scholar at the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore.Michael A. Signer is Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture in the Department of Theology at University of Notre Dame.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0813365724
• ISBN 13: 9780813365725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 460