How can finite minds approach an infinite and ultimately unknowable God? Is it true that Christianity is a religion of love and Judaism a religion of law? Can a Jew accept the Orthodox Christian veneration of holy images? How much do Jews and Orthodox Christians have in common when they worship God? What can be done about Christian prayers that Jews find offensive? How much responsibility do Christians carry for antisemitism? These and other questions are addressed in this book which is intended as a major contribution to encounters between Judaism and Orthodox Christianity. In seventeen chapters, expert theologians and historians examine central issues of common concern relating to theology and worship as well as to the vexed historical question of anti-Semitism. The focus is on dialogue and deepened knowledge, as the contributors s dispel widely-held misconceptions and identify a good deal of common ground.
Chapter One: Mysticism in the Orthodox Christian Tradition
Marcus Plested
Chapter Two: The God Who Can and Cannot be Said
Daniel Davies
Chapter Three: The Unity of God: Christians and the Trinity
Andrew Louth
Chapter Four: Law and Love in Judaism
Norman Solomon
Chapter Five: Love: an Orthodox Perspective
Andrew Louth
Chapter Six: The Christian Church as the New Israel
Andrew Louth
Chapter Seven: The Journey to Oneself: Anti-Judaism in the Search for
Christian Identity
Elena Narinskaya
Chapter Eight: Idolatry, Veneration of Icons and Worshipping God in Orthodox
Christianity
Elena Narinskaya
Chapter Nine: Iconic Theology in Classical Rabbinic Literature and Orthodox
Christianity
Daniel H. Weiss
Chapter Ten: The Concept of Tradition in Orthodox Worship
Kallistos (Timothy) Ware
Chapter Eleven: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Jewish Worship
Howard Cooper
Chapter Twelve: The Jewish Year: Metaphor and Meaning
Jeremy Schonfield
Chapter Thirteen: The Psalms in Orthodox Christian Worship
Yves Dubois
Chapter Fourteen: Are there Christian Cultural Elements in Jewish Practice?
Michael Hilton
Chapter Fifteen: Anti-Judaism and Orthodox Liturgy
Michael G. Azar
Chapter Sixteen: The Blood Libel in the Russian Orthodox Tradition
John D. Klier
Chapter Seventeen: Jewish Responses to the Blood Libel in Countries with
Historic Orthodox Christian Traditions: Considerations for Dialogue
George R. Wilkes
Nicholas de Lange is professor emeritus of Hebrew and Jewish Studies in the University of Cambridge.
Elena Narinskaya is an academic researcher in Abrahamic Religions.
Sybil Sheridan is a freelance rabbi currently working with Newcastle Reform Synagogue.
