What is EJCR?Jewish-Christian relations can look back on more than half a century of striking achievements. There are now initiatives and centers all over the world addressing fundamental issues. Until 2024 international experts at the cutting edge of their discipline will summarize in two hundred entries more than two thousand years of Jewish-Christian interaction, assess the achievements of dialogue and provide joint perspectives and new avenues for the future.
Sample Entries:
Dead Sea Scrolls by George J. Brooke
Liturgy, Ritual, Worship by Ruth Langer and Clemens Leonhard Slavery by Bernadette Brooten |
EJCR onlineArticles of the Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations online database are updated twice a year.
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Articles that are published online and available in the EJCR database include:
Abortion by Rachel S. Mikva
Adam by Adam Gregerman Afterlife by Martha Himmelfarb Animals (in Christian-Jewish Polemics) by Jay Geller Anthropology by Tyson Putthoff Antisemitism by Nicholas de Lange Antiquity by Anders Runesson Apocalypse by Lorenzo DiTommaso Asceticism (Bible to Late Antiquity) by Eliezer Diamond Atheism by Daniel Langton Atonement by Christian Eberhart Baptism by Joshua Garroway Birth by Claudia D. Bergmann Cain & Abel by Daniel Vorpahl Calendar by Joshua Burns Charity in Antiquity by Gregg Gardner Christian Hebraism by Deborah L. Goodwin Conservative Judaism by Elliot Dorff Covenant by Philip A. Cunningham and Adam Gregerman Creation by Michael Trainor Dead Sea Scrolls by George J. Brooke Decalogue by Cornelis de Vos Demons in Antiquity by Hector M. Patmore Economics (medieval) by Giacomo Todeschini Election by Joel S. Kaminsky and Joel N. Lohr Enlightenment by Paul Mendes-Flohr Enoch by Matthew Goff Esau by Gerhard Langer Eschatology by Richard Landes Ethics by Christian Danz Eve by Beate Ego Exile by Deeana Klepper Feminism by Katharina von Kellenbach Fundamentalism by Christina von Braun Grace by Kendall Soulen Hagar by Brigitte Kahl Heaven by Shmuel Shepkaru Holiness by Marcel Poorthuis Hymnody and Poetry by Laura Suzanne Lieber Idolatry by Ronen Pinkas Israel by Kendall Soulen Jerusalem by David Neuhaus SJ Joseph by Alan Levenson Judas by Bruce Chilton Judeoconversos by Renée Levine Melammed |
Letters by Lutz Doering
Liturgy, Ritual, Worship by Ruth Langer and Clemens Leonhard Logos by Maren R. Niehoff Maccabees by Erich Gruen Marriage by Michael L. Satlow Martyrdom by Shira Lander Masculinity by Eyal Levinson Material Culture by Eric C. Smith Migration (Antiquity to the Middle Ages) by Michael Borgolte Miriam by Wil Gafney Mission by Edward Kessler Modernity by René Buchholz Music by Jascha Nemtsov North America by Yaakov Ariel Passion Play by David J. Fine Passover and Easter by Mary C. Boys and Shuly Rubin Schwartz Philosemitism by David Fox Sandmel Polemics (Christian-Jewish) by Anna Sapir Abulafia Prayer by Amy-Jill Levine Prophecy by Rüdiger Liwak Prostitution by Tali Artman Psalms by Susan Gillingham Rabbinic Literature by Günter Stemberger Rebecca by Chontel Syfox Reconciliation by Jesper Svartvik Redemption/ Salvation by Gregor Maria Hoff Reformation by Dean Bell Resurrection by Casey D. Elledge Revelation by Mary Doak Sabbath by Gerard Rouwhorst Sacred Rocks (Jerusalem) by Naomi Koltun-Fromm Sacrifice by Daniel Ullucci Sarah by Esther M. Menn Second Vatican Council by Philip A. Cunningham Seelisberg by Verena Lenzen Sepharad by Jonathan S. Ray Slavery by Bernadette Brooten Spain by Brian A. Catlos Spirit by Etienne Vetö Supersession by R. Kendall Soulen Synagogue by Ruth Langer Translation by Leonard Greenspoon Torah (Early Reception) by Catherine Hezser Trinity by Ellen T. Charry Wine by Andreas Lehnardt |
EJCR Chief Editors
Rabbi Walter Homolka (inactive as of May 2022) Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at the School of Jewish Theology and rector of the Abraham Geiger College, University of Potsdam Rainer Kampling Professor of Biblical Theology and director of the Seminar of Catholic Theology at the Free University Berlin Amy-Jill Levine
Professor Emerita of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University, USA; Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University Christoph Markschies
Professor of Ancient Christianity, director of the Institute Church and Judaism, Humboldt-University Berlin and President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) Peter Schäfer Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at Free University, Berlin, and Princeton University, Princeton, USA Martin Thurner Professor of Philosophy at the Institute for Mediaeval Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Munich |
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