PROFESSOR TOY has long been known as an accomplished scholar, of perceptions refined to acuteness, of precision in thought and statement, and of thorough familiarity with Old and New Testament studies ...

Professor Yoshiko Reed began her lecture by inviting us to ponder an important question: At what point did Christianity as an identity become distinct from Judaism? At first glance, the question seems ...

(RNS) — I remember a conversation I had, years ago, with a loyal member of my synagogue. The topic turned to interreligious affairs, and my congregant said: “Jews don’t believe in Jesus; Christians do ...

I recently attended an interfaith conference in Rome, where an unnamed Jewish Professor startled the audience by declaring: “I would like to thank the Trinity for preserving Judaism throughout the ...

(RNS) — Years ago, I was part of an interfaith clergy group in which a well-meaning Presbyterian colleague led a ritual she thought would include Christians and Jews alike: anointing us with oil. The ...

A Georgetown University theology professor published a book Nov. 4 arguing against supersessionism, the belief that Christianity replaced Judaism. Alan Mitchell, a theology professor who teaches the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For a brief window this coming week, Passover and Holy Week, the sacred observances of Jews and Christians, ...

Professor Gruenwald’s lecture, titled “Ritual & Religion,” analyzes how ritual observance in Christianity and Judaism differ, but offer relatively similar functions. Gruenwald primarily discusses ...

In 1993, as a visiting research student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, I read for the first time a passage in the rabbinical text Midrash Tanchuma, a text that has influenced me profoundly.

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...