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Henoch: Historical and Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Judaism and Christianity is an academic journal established in 1979 by Paolo Sacchi (University of Turin) that publishes on the history of Judaism broadly conceived, inclusive of the Second Temple, rabbinic and medieval periods, Christian origins and Jewish-Christian relations until the Early Modern Age.
The Christian Scholars Group on Christian–Jewish Relations is a group of 22 Christian scholars, theologians, historians and clergy from six Christian Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church, which works to "develop more adequate Christian theologies of the church's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish people." [15] [16] [17]
The journal began with the vision of Joseph Cunneen, a Catholic soldier in General Patton's army. Taking advantage of the GI Bill after WWII, Cunneen wanted to bring European religious thinking to the United States. As a result, the journal became committed to post-Holocaust theology and Jewish-Christian relations. [1]
“Theologies of Self and Other in Jewish Liturgies,” CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly (Winter 2005): 3-41. “Prayer and Worship,” in Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide, edited by Nicholas de Lange and Miri Freud-Kandel (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 231–242.
His research interests include Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish ethics and Jewish Law (Halakha), Israel, and Philosophy. In 2009, he was honored by the Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey and the Jewish Community Relations Council with the " Nostra Aetate Award ".
“A Bibliography of Jewish-Christian Relations,” Judaica Book News (Fall 1989). Charles Maier, The Unmasterable Past: History, Holocaust, and German National Identity,” Shofar: Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, Spring 1989, Purdue University Jewish Studies pp.101-4.
In 2010 CJCR and The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations were renamed The Woolf Institute. Founded by Edward Kessler and Martin Forward in 1998, [1] CJCR taught the University of Cambridge's Master of Studies in the study of Jewish–Christian relations programme and offered a variety of other educational programmes.
The relations between Pope John XXIII and Judaism are generally thought to have been among the best in the bi-millennial history of Christianity. The Pope initiated a policy of Christian–Jewish reconciliation after his election to the papacy in 1959, which focused on the Second Vatican Council producing a document on the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Jews.