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Christianity in Jewish Terms - (Radical Traditions (Paperback)) by Tikva Frymer-Kensky & David Novak & Peter Ochs & David Sandmel & Michael Singer

Christianity in Jewish Terms - (Radical Traditions (Paperback)) by  Tikva Frymer-Kensky & David Novak & Peter Ochs & David Sandmel & Michael Singer
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Explains to American Jews the core religious beliefs of Christianity and assesses the threats and promises of the JewishChristian encounter from a Jewish perspective."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic and unprecedented shift in Jewish -- Christian relations, including signs of a new, improved Christian attitude towards Jews. <i>Christianity in Jewish Terms</i> is a Jewish theological response to the profound changes that have taken place in Christian thought. The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which features a main essay, written by a Jewish scholar, that explores the meaning of a set of Christian beliefs. Following the essay are responses from a second Jewish scholar and a Christian scholar. Designed to generate new conversations within the American Jewish community and between the Jewish and Christian communities, <i>Christianity in Jewish Terms</i> lays the foundation for better understanding. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Tikva Frymer-Kensky</b> is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. <p/><b>David Novak</b> holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. <p/><b>Peter Ochs</b> is the Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia. <p/><b>David Sandmel</b> is the Jewish Scholar at the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore. <p/><b>Michael A. Signer</b> is Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture in the Department of Theology at University of Notre Dame.

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