The unspeakable evil -- After the evil-what? -- Jewish and Christian responses to suffering -- Forgive and forget? -- The covenant with humanity -- Should Christians try to convert Jews? -- Israel in Christian thought -- Jerusalem in religious perspective -- Jewish attitudes towards Christianity -- The Jewish Jesus and the Christian Christ -- Shared hope and a common task -- The unfinished agenda
Summary
This text develops the work of Jewish scholarship to discern resonances between central Christian and Jewish beliefs. Offering fresh approaches to contentious and sensitive issues, it argues that God's basic covenant is not with either Judaism or Christianity, but with humanity
