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This book contributes to dialogue between Judaism and Orthodox Christianity. Essays by prominent experts, writing within their own tradition, tackle key issues relating to theology and worship as well as the vexed question of anti-Semitism. The book identifies a great deal of common ground as well as points of tension.
List 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
Chapter Thirteen: The Psalms in Orthodox Christian Worship
Yves Dubois
Chapter Fourteen: Are there Christian Cultural Elements in Jewish Practice?
Michael Hilton
Chapter Fifteen: Anti-Judaism and Orthodox Liturgy
Michael G. Azar
Chapter Sixteen: The Blood Libel in the Russian Orthodox Tradition
¿John D. Klier
Chapter Seventeen: Jewish Responses to the Blood Libel in Countries with Historic Orthodox Christian Traditions: Considerations for Dialogue
George R. Wilkes
About the author
Edited by Nicholas de Lange; Elena Narinskaya and Sybil Sheridan - Contributions by Michael G. Azar; Howard Cooper; Daniel Davies; Yves Dubois; Michael Hilton; John D. Klier; Nicholas de Lange; Andrew Louth; Elena Narinskaya; Marcus Plested; Jeremy Schonf
Summary
This book contributes to dialogue between Judaism and Orthodox Christianity. Essays by prominent experts, writing within their own tradition, tackle key issues relating to theology and worship as well as the vexed question of anti-Semitism. The book identifies a great deal of common ground as well as points of tension.
