Studying
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REL 347
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In this course, we will critically examine the 2,000-year old relationship
between Jews and Christians, both historically and contemporarily,
by focusing our microscope on such areas as the following: (1) Rabbinic
Judaism or Jewish/Gentile Christianity; (2) Hebrew Bible or Old
Testament/New Testament; (3) Jewish Messiah or Christian Jesus;
(4) Jewish Mission or Great Commission; (5) Antisemitism or Anti-Judaism;
(6) Holocaust or Shoah; (7) Land/State of Israel or Holy Land; (8)
Jewish Movements or Christian Denominations. Class format will consist
of lectures, discussions, reactions to readings, and student presentations.
Book List Mary C. Boys, Seeing Judaism Anew: Christianity's Sacred Obligations, (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers). Tikva Frymer-Kensky, et. al., (Eds.), Christianity in Jewish Terms, (Westview Press, 2002). Irving Greenberg, For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter Between Judaism and Christians, (Westview Press). David Fox Sandmel, et. al. (Eds.), Irreconcilable Differences? A Learning Resource for Jews and Christians, (Westview Press, 2001). Readings Arthur A. Cohen, "The Myth of the Judeo-Christian Tradition" (PDF) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration "Dominus Iesus" on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church Jules Isaac, "The Teaching of Contempt Christian Roots of Anti-Semitism" (PDF) Steven L. Jacobs, "Jewish Christian Relations" from War or Words (PDF) Richard Neuhaus, "Salvation is from the Jews" (PDF) John L. Pulley, "Seminaries on a Hill" (PDF) Richard L. Rubenstein, "The Dean and the Chosen People" from (1966) After Auschwitz: Radical Theology and Contemporary Judaism. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-Merrill Company (PDF) "The Christian Reclamation of Judaism" "Notes on the Judeo-Christian Tradition in America" Signer, Michael A., "Some Reflections on Dabru Emet" (PDF) Soleveitchik, Joseph B., "Confrontation" (PDF) |
