2 Faiths One Covenant

Introduction
Eugene B. Korn And John T. Pawlikowski
Part I: The Binding Of Isaac

Bound By The Bible: Jews, Christians, And The Binding Of Isaac
Edward Kessler
The Binding Of Isaac: Hermeneutical Reflections
Dianne Bergant
The Akedah And Covenant Today
Yehuda (Jerome) Gellman
Part II: The Covenant In History

The Covenant In Patristic And Medieval Christian Theology
Steven J. McMichael
The Covenant In Rabbinic Thought
David Novak
The Covenant In Contemporary Eccelesial Documents
Mary C. Boys
The Covenant In Recent Theological Statements
Michael A. Signer
The Covenant And Religious Ethics Today
Lenn E. Goodman
Part III: The Covenant And Religious Pluralism

One God, Many Faiths: A Jewish Theology Of Covenantal Pluralism
Eugene B. Korn
Jews And Christians: Their Covenantal Relationship In The American Context
John T. Pawlikowski

Additional Info
Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection between the election of Israel and that of the church, between the “old” and the “new” covenant, this shared spiritual patrimony has been the source of a type of violent sibling rivalry competing for the same paternal love and inherited entitlement. God, it seemed, had but one blessing to bestow. It could be given to either Jacob or Esau–but not both.

In the twenty-first century, however, Jews and Christians are challenged to reconsider their theological assumptions by two inescapable truths: the moral tragedy of the holocaust demands that Christian thinkers acknowledge the violent effects of theologically de-legitimizing Jews and Judaism, and the pervasive reality of cultural and religious pluralism calls both Christian and Jewish theologians to rethink the covenant in the presence of the Other. Two Faiths, One Covenant? Jewish and Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other is a breakthrough work that embraces this contemporary challenge and charts a path toward fruitful interfaith dialogue. The Christian and Jewish theologians in this book explore the ways that both religions have understood the covenant in biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern religious writings and reflect on how the covenant can serve as a reservoir for a positive theological relationship between Christianity and Judaism–not merely one of non-belligerent tolerance, but of respect and theological pluralism, however limited.