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 2026 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:
Ark of the Covenant by Raanan Eichler and Thomas Staubli
Synagogue by Ruth Langer Art (modern) by Aaron Rosen and Maryanne Saunders |
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 Angel by Johann Ev. Hafner 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 Art (modern) by Aaron Rosen and Maryanne Saunders Art (Late Antiquity, Middle Ages) by Sara Offenberg Ark of the Covenant by Raanan Eichler, Thomas Staubli Asceticism (Bible to Late Antiquity) by Eliezer Diamond Atheism by Daniel Langton Atonement by Christian Eberhart Baptism by Joshua Garroway Bible/Canon by Jens Schröter Biblical Interpretation by Matthias Henze and Steven Morgen Binitariarism by Lieve M. Teugels Birth by Claudia D. Bergmann Blood by David Biale Bread by Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus Cain & Abel by Daniel Vorpahl Calendar by Joshua Burns Charity in Antiquity by Gregg Gardner Children by Bernd Schröder Christian Hebraism by Deborah L. Goodwin Church Councils by Ilaria L.E. Ramelli Conservative Judaism by Elliot Dorff Covenant by Philip A. Cunningham and Adam Gregerman Creation by Michael Trainor Creed by Wolfram Kinzig 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 Eucharist by Peter Ebenbauer Eve by Beate Ego Evolution by Daniel R. Langton Exile by Deeana Klepper Family by Eyal Levinson Feminism by Katharina von Kellenbach Food by David Freidenreich Fundamentalism by Christina von Braun Genealogy by Helga Völkening Grace by Kendall Soulen Guilt and Repentance by Katharina von Kellenbach Hagar by Brigitte Kahl Heaven by Shmuel Shepkaru Holiness by Marcel Poorthuis Homiletics by Alexander Deeg Hymnody and Poetry by Laura Suzanne Lieber Idolatry by Ronen Pinkas Imago Dei by Yechiel Michael Barilan Incarnation by Hans Hermann Henrix Israel by Kendall Soulen Jerusalem by David Neuhaus SJ Jesus's Passion by Wolfgang Kraus |
Jonah by Daniel Vorpahl
Joseph by Alan Levenson Judas by Bruce Chilton Judeoconversos by Renée Levine Melammed Kabbalah by Gerold Necker Land of Israel by Adam Gregerman 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 Mary by Kati Ihnat Masculinity by Eyal Levinson Material Culture by Eric C. Smith Migration (Antiquity to the Middle Ages) by Michael Borgolte Migration (modern) by Uzi Rebhun Miriam by Wil Gafney Mission by Edward Kessler Modern Roman Catholicism by John T. Pawlikowski Modernity by René Buchholz Moses by Christoph Dohmen Music by Jascha Nemtsov North America by Yaakov Ariel Orthodox Christianities by Michael Azar Passion Play by David J. Fine Passover and Easter by Mary C. Boys and Shuly Rubin Schwartz Philosemitism by David Fox Sandmel Philosophical Dialoge (Middle Ages) by Giuseppe Veltri Pilgrimage by Orit Ramon 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 Rachel by Irmtraud Fischer Rebecca by Chontel Syfox Reconciliation by Jesper Svartvik Redemption/ Salvation by Gregor Maria Hoff Reformation by Dean Bell Renaissance by Fabrizio Lelli 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 Septuagint by Wolfgang Kraus Sex and Sexuality in Antiquity by William Loader State of Israel and Church Institutions by Shimon Shetreet Shoah by Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C. 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 Violence against Jews by Kenneth Stow Wine by Andreas Lehnardt |
For a full list, see here.
EJCR Chief Editors
Rabbi Walter Homolka (inactive as of May 2022) Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at the School of Jewish Theology, University of Potsdam, member of the academic council of the Eugen Biser Foundation 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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