This book reflects on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: the current and historical relationships that exist between the faith-traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It begins with discussion on the state of Jewish-Christian relations, examining antisemitism and the Holocaust, the impact of Israel and theological controversies such as covenant and mission. Kessler also traces different biblical stories and figures, from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, demonstrating Jewish-Christian contact and controversy. Jews and Christians share a sacred text, but more surprisingly, a common exegetical tradition.

This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It covers antisemitism, biblical narratives, and shared traditions.

Edward Kessler

Jews, Christians and Muslims in Encounter

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 Jewish–Christian Relations: status quaestionis

1 Jewish–Christian Relations: The Next Generation

2 Jewish–Christian Relations in the Global Society: What the Institutional Documents Have and Have Not Been Telling Us

3 Land and Memory

4 Contemporary Questions about Covenant(s) and Conversion: A Public Dialogue

Part 2 Jews, Christians and the Bible

5 'Whom do men say that I am?' (Matthew 16.13)

6 Mary – The Jewish Mother

7 Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Binding of Isaac

8 The Sacrifice of Isaac (the Akedah) in Christian and Jewish Tradition: Artistic Representations

9 The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible

10 Reasoning with Violent Scripture: With a Little Help from Job

Part 3 Jews, Christians and Muslims

11 A Jewish Approach to Dialogue with Christians and Muslims

12 The Sacrifice of Abraham's Son in Judaism and Islam

13 Changing Landscapes: Jewish–Christian–Muslim Relations Today

Postlude

Acknowledgements

Index of Biblical References

Index of Names and Subjects

This title addresses the state of play in Jewish-Christian relations as well as reflections on the more recent encounter with Islam. It brings together a number of inter-related themes in the writings of Ed Kessler, starting in 1998.

This book reflects on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: the current and historical relationships that exist between the faith-traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It begins with discussion on the state of Jewish-Christian relations, examining antisemitism and the Holocaust, the impact of Israel and theological controversies such as covenant and mission. Kessler also traces different biblical stories and figures, from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, demonstrating Jewish-Christian contact and controversy. Jews and Christians share a sacred text, but more surprisingly, a common exegetical tradition. They also need to deal with some of the more problematic and violent biblical texts. Jews, Christians and Muslims includes reflection on the encounter with Islam, including topics associated with a divergent history and memory as well contemporary relations between the three Abrahamic faiths. Kessler's writings shed light on common purpose as well as how to manage difference, both vital in forming a positive identity and sustaining a flourishing community.

These essays by one of Europe's foremost Jewish scholars of Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations provide many keen insights into developments in interreligious relations over the past fifteen years. But that is not all! In addition, Edward Kessler points ahead to important future tasks. He calls for "exegetical relativity" in interpreting scriptures; for bringing dialogue into the mainstream of Jewish concerns; for reckoning with the impact of globalization on interreligious relations; for greater study of the mutual influence the Abrahamic traditions have had on each other; for explorations of how Judaism might serve as an intermediary between Christianity and Islam; and, above all, for all three communities to remember the past for the sake of their common future. -- Philip A. Cunningham, Ph.D., This volume represents another highly readable, topical contribution by Kessler. The subjects covered include helpful overviews of generational shifts, global changes, and institutional statements, as well as a range of insightful biblical studies and explorations of the place of Islam within interfaith dialogue. Altogether, this collection of essays offers a fascinating window onto the developing world of Abrahamic Faith studies. -- Daniel Langton This volume from one of the UK's leading practitioners of, and reflectors on, relations between and among the Abrahamic religions, provides valuable insights into many different aspects of their inter-relationship, including their texts, both scriptural and contemporary, and the dynamics of the relationship between them on a community level, both in the West and in the Middle East. -- Hugh Goddard

Edward Kessler is a distinguished scholar, author and commentator on relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims. He is Founder of the Woolf Institute and Fellow of St Edmunds College, Cambridge. His publications include 'Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac' (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and 'An Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations' (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

• Relationships between Jews, Christians and Muslims are key area of the study of religion with a significant number of students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. • The Woolf Institute has a major international network of alumni and other contacts. • Ed Kessler is one of the leading scholars in the field of Jewish-Christian-Muslim relationships.

This volume represents another highly readable, topical contribution by Kessler. The subjects covered include helpful overviews of generational shifts, global changes, and institutional statements, as well as a range of insightful biblical studies and explorations of the place of Islam within interfaith dialogue. Altogether, this collection of essays offers a fascinating window onto the developing world of Abrahamic Faith studies.

This volume from one of the UK's leading practitioners of, and reflectors on, relations between and among the Abrahamic religions, provides valuable insights into many different aspects of their inter-relationship, including their texts, both scriptural and contemporary, and the dynamics of the relationship between them on a community level, both in the West and in the Middle East.

These essays by one of Europe's foremost Jewish scholars of Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations provide many keen insights into developments in interreligious relations over the past fifteen years. But that is not all! In addition, Edward Kessler points ahead to important future tasks. He calls for "exegetical relativity" in interpreting scriptures; for bringing dialogue into the mainstream of Jewish concerns; for reckoning with the impact of globalization on interreligious relations; for greater study of the mutual influence the Abrahamic traditions have had on each other; for explorations of how Judaism might serve as an intermediary between Christianity and Islam; and, above all, for all three communities to remember the past for the sake of their common future.

This book reflects on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: the current and historical relationships that exist between the faith-traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Kessler's writings shed light on common purpose as well as how to manage difference.

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This book explores the complex relationships between Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

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This book is worth the price tag if you are in any way involved with, or interested in, interfaith dialogue, most notably Jewish and Christian dialogue and encounter. Though in the third section of the book we move more into dealing with dialogue between the three Abrahamic traditions i.e. Jews, Christians and Muslims, I have to say that I felt this section was a little more like an add on, not as deeply thought out and considered as the previous sections, and not helped by its brevity.

However on Jewish - Christian dialogue this book gives a very good background history of Jewish - Christian relationships and encounters, and also addresses some of the problem texts, thus giving insight into the theology and philosophy that lie in some way at the heart of the differences.

On the whole it's a very well written book, but I do think it would have been better not to include Muslim encounter in the title and then give so little space to it in the text.

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