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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.
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