Description

How can finite minds approach an infinite and ultimately unknowable God? Is it true that Christianity is a religion of love and Judaism a religion of law? Can a Jew accept the Orthodox Christian veneration of holy images? How much do Jews and Orthodox Christians have in common when they worship God? What can be done about Christian prayers that Jews find offensive? How much responsibility do Christians carry for antisemitism? These and other questions are addressed in this book which is intended as a major contribution to encounters between Judaism and Orthodox Christianity. In seventeen chapters, expert theologians and historians examine central issues of common concern relating to theology and worship as well as to the vexed historical question of anti-Semitism. The focus is on dialogue and deepened knowledge, as the contributors dispel widely-held misconceptions and identify a good deal of common ground.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Mysticism in the Orthodox Christian Tradition
Marcus Plested

Chapter Two: The God Who Can and Cannot be Said
Daniel Davies

Chapter Three: The Unity of God: Christians and the Trinity
Andrew Louth

Chapter Four: Law and Love in Judaism
Norman Solomon

Chapter Five: Love: an Orthodox Perspective
Andrew Louth

Chapter Six: The Christian Church as the New Israel
Andrew Louth

Chapter Seven: The Journey to Oneself: Anti-Judaism in the Search for Christian Identity
Elena Narinskaya

Chapter Eight: Idolatry, Veneration of Icons and Worshipping God in Orthodox Christianity
Elena Narinskaya

Chapter Nine: Iconic Theology in Classical Rabbinic Literature and Orthodox Christianity
Daniel H. Weiss

Chapter Ten: The Concept of Tradition in Orthodox Worship
Kallistos (Timothy) Ware

Chapter Eleven: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Jewish Worship
Howard Cooper

Chapter Twelve: The Jewish Year: Metaphor and Meaning
Jeremy Schonfield

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Product details

Published Sep 26 2022
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 206
ISBN 9781978713994
Imprint Fortress Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Nicholas de Lange

Anthology Editor

Elena Narinskaya

Anthology Editor

Sybil Sheridan

Contributor

Michael G. Azar

Contributor

Howard Cooper

Contributor

Daniel Davies

Contributor

Yves Dubois

Contributor

Michael Hilton

Contributor

John D. Klier

Contributor

Andrew Louth

Contributor

Marcus Plested

Contributor

Sybil Sheridan

Contributor

Norman Solomon

Contributor

Daniel H. Weiss

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