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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464745803321

Titolo

Friends on the way [[electronic resource] ] : Jesuits encounter contemporary Judaism / / edited by Thomas Michel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8232-3698-6

0-8232-4790-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 230 p. )

Collana

The Abrahamic dialogues series

Altri autori (Persone)

MichelThomas F. <1941->

Disciplina

261.2/6

Soggetti

Judaism - Relations - Catholic Church

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The papers in this volume were delivered at the Third International Colloquium of Jesuits in Jewish-Christian dialogue ... held at Bad Schönbrunn in Zug, Switzerland, from July 18 to 23, 2005"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface / Thomas Michel -- Introduction / Harold Kasimov -- From windfall to fall : the conversos in the Society of Jesus / Marc Rastoin -- Reflections on the dialogue between Jew and non-Jew in the Bible and in rabbinic literature / Tovia Ben-Chorin -- The goal of the Ignatian exercises and Soloveitchik's halakhic spirituality / Christian M. Rutishauser -- An Ignatian perspective on contemporary Jewish spirituality / Donald Moore -- The Jewish theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel as a challenge for Catholic theology / Stanislaw Obirek -- The genius and the wisdom of Harold Bloom / Peter Du Brul -- From Midrash to Rashi to contemporary narrative exegesis (R. Alter, M. Sternberg, et al.) : continuity in Jewish biblical reading / Jean-Pierre Sonnet -- Inscribe the new in the old : inner-biblical exegesis (M. Fishbane) and the hermeneutics of innovation (B. Levinson) / Jean-Pierre Sonnet -- A Catholic conversation with Hannah Arendt / James Bernauer -- What might Israelis and Jews learn about Christians and Christianity at Yad Vashem? / David M. Neuhaus.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a variety of approaches, this book explores historical, philosophical, theological, cultural and institutional themes such as Ignatian perspectives on Halakhic spirituality and the role played in Jesuit history by Jews forced to convert to Christianity.