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This book presents a comprehensive, comparative view of the contemporary challenges facing Judaism and Orthodox Christianity. Bringing together contributions by many experts, writing within their own tradition, essays are arranged in pairs to bring out the living dialogue between these ancient faiths.
List of contents
Chapter 1: A 'City whose Gates are Always Open'? Visions for Jerusalem in Orthodox Christianity
Krastu Banev
Chapter 2: Jerusalem: A Jewish Perspective
Marc Saperstein
Chapter 3: Jewish and Eastern-Rite Christian Relations in Israel: A Sketch of Contexts and Interests
Petra Heldt
Chapter 4: The Encounter between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Jews in Israel
David Rosen
Chapter 5: The Greek Orthodox Church under Israeli Sovereignty
Michael G. Azar
Chapter 6: Women in the Synagogue
Miri Freud-Kandel
Chapter 7: Women in the Orthodox Churches: Modernity and Change
Mary B. Cunningham
Chapter 8: Orthodoxia and Orthopraxia: On the Issue of Blood
Elena Narinskaya
Chapter 9: Kashrut - Niddah - Milah: On the Issue of Blood
Sybil Sheridan
Chapter 10: Judaism and Homosexuality
René Pfertzel
Chapter 11: Orthodoxy and Homosexuality: Mapping the Vectors
Misza Cherniak
Chapter 12: Confronting Environmental Crisis: What Do Jewish Traditions Teach About Using the World?
Tanhum Yoreh
Chapter 13: Confronting Environmental Crisis: What Do Orthodox Christian Traditions Teach About Using the World?
Elizabeth Theokritoff
Chapter 14: The Challenge of COVID-19: Reflections of an Orthodox Congregational Rabbi
Michael Harris
Chapter 15: The Challenge of COVID-19 to Rituals around Death in Orthodoxy
Ian Graham
Chapter 16: Euthanasia and Assisted Dying - What Jewish Texts Can Teach Us
Sylvia Rothschild
Chapter 17: Do We Have the Right to End Our Own Life? Orthodox Christian Responses to the Debate on Euthanasia and Assisted Dying
Joanna Burton
About the author
Edited by Nicholas de Lange; Elena Narinskaya and Sybil Sheridan - Contributions by Michael G. Azar; Krastu Banev; Joanna Burton; Mary B. Cunningham; Misza Czerniak; Miri Freud-Kandel; Ian Graham; Michael Harris; Petra Heldt; Elena Narinskaya; René Pfertz
