Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today: New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships - Softcover

Cunningham, Philip A.; Sievers, Joseph; Boys, Mary C.; Henrix, Hans Hermann; Svartvik, Jesper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802866247 ISBN 13: 9780802866240

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011

Synopsis

Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today explores the historical, biblical, christological, trinitarian, and ecclesiological dimensions of this crucial question: “How might we Christians in our time reaffirm our faith claim that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all humanity, even as we affirm the Jewish people’s covenantal life with God?” This volume is the result of a transatlantic, interfaith collaboration among Boston College, Catholic Theological Union, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Lund University, Pontifical Gregorian University, and Saint Joseph’s University. “This book opens up new vistas after forty-five years of Catholic-Jewish reconciliation. Not comfortable with resting on prior accomplishments, this work is a bold step forward in Catholic searching for a closer theological bond to Judaism without giving up the differences between the two faiths. . . . Offers the cutting edge of Christian theological views of Judaism.” ― Alan Brill Seton Hall University “Stunning in its scope, erudition, and creativity, this work is without parallel or peer. . . . A watershed contribution to a new era in the Jewish-Christian encounter, as both communities increasingly take decades of dialogue experience back into their own theological workshops and, with newfound partners lending support, strive to fashion a more adequate account of God’s work among us.” ― Peter A. Pettit Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, Muhlenberg College

About this title

About the Author

Philip A. Cunningham is director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia.

Joseph Sievers is professor of Jewish history and Hellenistic literature at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.

Mary C. Boys is professor of practical theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City.

Hans Hermann Henrix is director emeritus of the Episcopal Academy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen, Germany.

Review

“This book opens up new vistas after forty-five years of Catholic-Jewish reconciliation. Not comfortable with resting on prior accomplishments, this work is a bold step forward in Catholic searching for a closer theological bond to Judaism without giving up the differences between the two faiths. . . . Offers the cutting edge of Christian theological views of Judaism.”
― Alan Brill
Seton Hall University

“Stunning in its scope, erudition, and creativity, this work is without parallel or peer. . . . A watershed contribution to a new era in the Jewish-Christian encounter, as both communities increasingly take decades of dialogue experience back into their own theological workshops and strive to fashion a more adequate account of God’s work among us.”
― Peter A. Pettit
Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, Muhlenberg College

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0802866247
• ISBN 13: 9780802866240
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334