Another Reformation, by Peter Ochs
The interface of Jewish and Christian theology has always been vexing. Partly this is because of the intrinsically incommensurate realities of the two faiths. And partly it has been because of...
View ArticleThe Jewish Annotated New Testament, edited by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi...
One of the most interesting shifts in Christian theology after the Shoah was in how the adjective Jewish was used. In the patristic era, to call someone’s work Jewish was to insult it: the work was too...
View ArticleInheriting Abraham, by Jon D. Levenson
As long ago as 1996, Jon Levenson wrote an important article, “The Universal Horizon of Biblical Particularism.” In that piece he reflected on the way in which the Hebrew Bible adjudicated the...
View ArticleFamily hospitality
Each autumn, Fourth Presbyterian Church's sanctuary is full to overflowing with Jewish worshipers attending High Holy Days observances.read more
View ArticleA parable and its baggage
The Prodigal Son is often read to mean that God loves sinners, whereas the Jews thought God only loved the righteous. This makes no sense.read more
View ArticleShort Stories by Jesus, by Amy-Jill Levine
Reading Amy-Jill Levine's Short Stories by Jesus, I kept wishing she had published it earlier. It would have saved me some mistakes in the pulpit.read more
View ArticleBridge to God
In the Christian imagination, the joining of heaven and earth has long been refracted through the joining of people in disparate social situations.read more
View ArticleUnexpected ancestors
Few secrets are as devastating as those that make us rethink our identity. Heidi Neumark discovered one when her daughter Googled their name.read more
View ArticleEpisode 8: Lizzi Heydemann
Matt talks to the founder of Mishkan Chicago about Protestant vs. Jewish preaching, how to avoid a cult of personality, and what churches can learn from a Jewish faith community’s success.read more
View ArticleOne Abraham or three?
Can "Abrahamic" replace "Judeo-Christian"? And without sacrificing the integrity of three different traditions?read more
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