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Introduction to Golden Age Conference Proceedings
Ray, Jonathan
Elukin, Jonathan
No abstract is available.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1582
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
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https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1582/1528
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Bright Beginnings: Jewish Christian Relations in the Holy Land, AD 400-700
Ribak, Eliya
This paper is an archaeological analysis of the relationship between Jews and Christians in Byzantine Palestina, based on a catalogue of excavated Byzantine sites in the region. It suggests that different communities shared similar material cultures of religious practice, probably resulting from peaceful inter-communal interaction. These communities frequently occupied the same landscapes, and even the same settlements. This evidence is used to argue for closer and more peaceful co-existence between Jews and Christians in Byzantine Palestina than is usually supposed. It is suggested that this relative religious harmony contributed to the economic prosperity of the region in the Byzantine period and makes it a bright beginning for Jewish-Christian relations.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1583
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
eng
https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1583/1435
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The Cathedral of Bourges: A Witness to Judeo-Christian Dialogue in Medieval Berry
Jennings, Margaret
Begun in 1195, just one year after Chartres, and essentially finished thirty-seven years later, the high Gothic Cathedral of Saint Stephen at Bourges en Berry rose at an auspicious time for Jewish-Christian relations. Several factors impacted positively on the latter. Among them are Berry's position in central France, far from anti-Jewish centers, the Cathedral's deacon, William of Bourges, a renowned scholar and converted Jew, and the cadre of Christian Hebraists, nourished and developed by Deacon William, who disseminated respect for Jewish tradition. The usually ephemeral "respect" was translated at Bourges into several physical structures at the growing cathedral where, in glass and stone, the dialogue between the communions was imaged. Of the many illustrations of this testimony, three are noteworthy: the cathedral's large clerestory windows are assigned in equal numbers to representatives of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures; its decoration, especially in possibly incendiary scenes like the stoning of Stephen, abjures the hate-filled faces found in other venues; most significantly, its spandrel sculptures, just above eye-level on the Western end, portray various characters and events from Creation through Noah according to the rich perspective of the midrash. Unfortunately, the building campaigns at the cathedral and the respectful interaction between Jews and Christians ceased at almost the same time; nevertheless, St. Stephen's still stands as a witness to its once vibrant presence.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1584
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
eng
https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1584/1551
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Whose Golden Age? Some Thoughts on Jewish-Christian Relations in Medieval Iberia
Ray, Jonathan
The medieval period in Spanish history has alternately been cast as a Golden Age of interfaith harmony and an example of the ultimate incompatibility of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities. In this essay, I suggest that a better way to understand interfaith relations in medieval Iberia is to think about these religious communities in less monolithic terms. With regard to Jewish-Christian relations in particular, factors such as wealth, social standing, and intellectual interests were as important as religious identity in shaping the complex bonds between Christians and Jews.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1585
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
eng
https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1585/1437
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Rethinking the “Golden Age”: Jewish-Christian Relations in Pre-Modern Poland
Teter, Magda
This paper addresses the question of the “golden age” present in Polish and Jewish historiographies. It demonstrates that though the idea of the “golden age” was embraced by both Polish Christian and Jewish historians, they never applied it to Jewish-Christian relations. This paper looks at the myths of the golden age and the age of decline in both historiographies by juxtaposing them with archival documents that complicate both the idea of the “zenith” or “golden age” of the 16th century and that of the decline and crisis of the 17th century.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1586
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
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https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1586/1438
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oai:ejournals.bc.edu:article/1587
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“Liberty of Conscience” and the Jews in the Dutch Republic
Bodian, Miriam
In the popular imagination, seventeenth-century Amsterdam was an oasis of religious toleration in a conflict-ridden Europe and a city that welcomed Jews with open arms. This image is exaggerated and misleading, as scholars have long since shown. In this essay, I will examine how the interests of the Dutch ruling class, the regents, dovetailed with the interests of the governing elite of the Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam to create structures of Jewish governance that were agreeable to both governing parties. While maintaining peace was one of the common interests between them, so was maintaining discipline. Neither the Dutch nor the Jewish authorities sought “liberty of conscience” in the modern sense of the term, that is, individual religious and philosophical freedom. For most, though not all, members of the Portuguese-Jewish community, this arrangement was natural and fully acceptable.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1587
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
eng
https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1587/1439
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Interfaith Dialogue and the Golden Age of Christian-Jewish Relations
Ariel, Yaakov
Since the 1960s, remarkable changes have taken place in the relationship between the Christian and Jewish communities in the West. A movement of interfaith dialogue stood at the center of the developments, serving as a catalyst that helped to bring about reconciliation and improvement in the attitudes of Christians towards Jews. Beginning in the English-speaking world at the turn of the twentieth century, the dialogue between Jews and non-Jews gained more ground in the decades between the two world wars. The movement of interfaith reconciliation advanced considerably in the years after World War II and reached a "golden age" in the late 1960s and 1970s, when an unprecedented momentum for reconciliation and dialogue between the faiths flourished in Europe, America, Israel, and other countries. Despite occasional set-backs and while involving mostly members of liberal or mainstream groups, this movement helped to improve the relationship between Christians and Jews in an unprecedented manner and on a worldwide scale.
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
2011-04-28
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10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1588
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)
1930-3777
eng
https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr/article/view/1588/1440
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