Two Faiths, One Covenant? Jewish and Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other

by Korn, Eugene B.; Pawlikowski, Dr. John T., O.S.M.; Bergant, Dianne; Boys, Mary C.; Gellman, Yehuda; Goodman, Lenn E.; Kessler, Edward; McMichael, Steven J.; Novak, David; Signer, Michael A.; Pawlikowski, John T.

• ISBN13: 9780742532281
• ISBN10: 0742532283
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-26
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

In the twenty-first century, Jews and Christians are challenged to reconsider their theological assumptions by two inescapable truths: the moral tragedy of the holocaust demands that Christian thinkers acknowledge the violent effects of theologically dele

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(10)
Eugene B. Korn and John T. Pawlikowski
Part I. The Binding of Isaac
1 Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians, and the Binding of Isaac	11	(18)
Edward Kessler
2 The Binding of Isaac: Hermeneutical Reflections	29	(6)
Dianne Bergant
3 The Akedah and Covenant Today	35	(10)
Yehuda (Jerome) Gellman
Part II. The Covenant in History
4 The Covenant in Patristic and Medieval Christian Theology	45	(20)
Steven J. McMichael
5 The Covenant in Rabbinic Thought	65	(16)
David Novak
6 The Covenant in Contemporary Ecclesial Documents	81	(30)
Mary C. Boys
7 The Covenant in Recent Theological Statements	111	(14)
Michael A. Signer
8 The Covenant and Religious Ethics Today	125	(22)
Lenn E. Goodman
Part III. The Covenant and Religious Pluralism
9 One God, Many Faiths: A Jewish Theology of Conventional Pluralism	147	(8)
Eugene B. Korn
10 Jews and Christians: Their Covenantal Relationship in the American Context	155	(12)
John T. Pawlikowski
Index	167	(4)
About the Contributors	171