Interaction Between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art, and Literature (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series)

Contents......Page 6
Plates......Page 10
Editorial Statement......Page 14
Introduction --- Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz and Joseph Turner......Page 16
PART ONE   JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE ROMAN-BYZANTINE PERIOD......Page 28
Jewish–Christian Relations and Rabbinic Literature—Shifting Scholarly and Relational Paradigms: The Case of Two Powers --- Alon Goshen-Gottstein......Page 30
Learning and Practising: Uses of an Early Jewish Discourse in Matthew (7:24–27) and Rabbinic Literature --- Eric Ottenheijm......Page 60
Rabbinic and Christian Models of Interaction on the Song of Songs --- Tamar Kadari......Page 80
Monism and Dualism in Jewish-Mystical and Christian-Gnostic Ascent Texts --- Gerard P. Luttikhuizen......Page 98
A Remarkable Case of Religious Interaction: Water Baptisms in Judaism and Christianity --- Gerard Rouwhorst......Page 118
On Trees, Waves, and Cytokinesis: Shifting Paradigms in Early (and Modern) Jewish–Christian Relations --- Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra......Page 142
The Deserts of Palestine. Wilderness in the Thought of the Rabbis and the Desert Fathers: Geographic Reality and the Crisscrossing of Motifs --- Joshua Schwartz......Page 156
PART TWO   JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE AGES......Page 178
The Modality of Interaction between Jewish and Christian Thought in the Middle Ages: The Problem of Free Will and Divine Wisdom in Dante Alighieri and Menahem Recanati as a Case Study --- Sandra Debenedetti Stow......Page 180
Die Pariser Verfahren gegen den Talmud von 1240 und 1248 im Kontext von Papsttum und französischem Königtum --- Daniela Mueller......Page 196
The Dynamic of Religious Polemics: The Case of Raymond Martin (Ca. 1220–Ca.1285) --- Syds Wiersma......Page 212
The Jewish Pardes Metaphor as Reflected in the Magical Garden of a Christian Knight --- Lily Glasner......Page 234
PART THREE   THE PROBLEMS OF MODERNITY......Page 252
Calvinist Resistance and Dutch Jewry. The 'Pillarized' Background --- Gert van Klinken......Page 254
Religious Insulation as a Mode of Interdependence. Relating Catholicism and Modernity --- Staf Hellemans......Page 270
Good Enough for the Goyim? Samuel Hirsch and Samuel Holdheim on Christianity --- Judith Frishman......Page 286
Sacred Death for Orthodox Jewish Thought during the Holocaust: With a Preliminary Inquiry into Christian Parallels --- Gershon Greenberg......Page 304
PART FOUR   RITUAL AND THEOLOGY IN THE MODERN, POST-MODERN AND NEW AGES......Page 332
From Monologues to Possible Dialogue. Judaism's Attitude towards Christianity According to the Philosophy of R. Yéhouda Léon Askénazi (Manitou) --- Yossef Charvit
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Faith and the Courage to Be: Heschel and Tillich --- Alexander Even-Chen......Page 352
'A Symbolic Bridge Between Faiths': Holy Ground for Liquid Ritual --- Paul Post......Page 372
Kabbalah on the Internet: Transcending Denominational Boundaries in Conflicting Ideologies --- Marcel Poorthuis and Frank Bosman......Page 390
'An Indissoluble Bond between the Church and the People of Israel': Historical Fact or Theological Conviction? --- Simon Schoon......Page 414
The Anomaly of Jewish Ethnicity as a Consideration in Contemporary Interreligious Dialogue --- Joseph Turner......Page 434
PART FIVE   ART......Page 446
Jewish and Christian Imaging of the 'House of God': A Fourth Century Reflection of Religious and Historical Polemics --- Shulamit Laderman and Yair Furstenberg......Page 448
The King of the King of Kings: Images of Rulership in Late Medieval and Early Modern Christian Art and Synagogue Design --- Ilia Rodov......Page 472
The Sun Rays on Top of the Torah Ark: A Dialogue with the Aureole, the Christian Symbol of the Divinity on Top of the Altarpiece --- Bracha Yaniv......Page 492
The Iconography of the Holy Family in Chagall's 1909–1910 Works --- Mirjam Rajner......Page 510
PART SIX   LITERATURE......Page 524
Notes on Christians and Christianity in Agnon's Writings --- Hillel Weiss......Page 526
Gide and Sartre on Jews and Judaism --- Yaffa Wolfman......Page 542
Index of Names......Page 554
Index of Sources......Page 562
Index of Subjects......Page 573
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