Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part One Intereligious Dialogue—Theoretical Viewpoints

Chapter One The Realm of the Between: Reflections on Interpersonal Relatedness

Chapter Two Basics of the Theology of Religions

Part Two Biblical Interpretation and Its Impacts

Chapter Three Right to Life and Jewish-Christian Ethics in the Roman World: A Case Study of the Fighting Men and the Unhappy Birth

Chapter Four “Brother Esau?” Esau in Rabbinic Midrash

Part Three Encounters and Confrontations between the Children of Abraham in Late Antiquity

Chapter Five Justin Martyr Encounters Judaism

Chapter Six Rabbinic Literature and the Christian Scriptures

Chapter Seven Rabbinic Reactions to the Christianization of Roman Palestine: A Survey of Recent Research

Chapter Eight Less Antagonistic Nuances in the Early Jewish Attitude Towards Christianity

Part Four Encounters and Confrontations between the Children of Abraham in the Middle Age

Chapter Nine The Open and the Closed in Early Muslim Society

Chapter Ten The Palace of Hisham and 8th Century, C.E. Iconoclasm

Chapter Eleven Transmission of Late Antique Culture into Islamic Culture

Chapter Twelve The Connections Between Muslims and Jews in the Field of Science in the Middle Ages

Chapter Thirteen On the Infusion of Philosophy into Medieval Jewish Thought

Chapter Fourteen Mystical Encounters: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Mystics in 13th–14th Century Spain

Part Five Cultural Encounters between the Children of Abraham in Modern Times

Chapter Fifteen Mission among Jews and Muslims in Mahabad: Strategies of the German Orient Mission in Iran

Chapter Sixteen Abraham: Conflicting Interpretations and Symbol of Peaceful Cooperation

Index of Modern Authors