Articles
Anti-semitism: A wound to be healed
Read moreTogether with the faith of the Fathers and of the Torah, the Temple of Jerusalem - at least until Titus destroyed it in the year 70 - was…
Towards a Renewed Theology of Christianity's Bond with Judaism
Read morePresented to the Annual Conference of the International Council of Christians & Jews
Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2014*
Rabbi Jesus in the Gospel of John
Read moreIn November of 2009, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the Chief Rabbi of the city of Efrat in Israel, was severely criticized for referring to “Rabbi…
Tselem: Toward an Anthropopathic Theology of Image
Read more"If we are created in God's image (tselem), what is God like?" Theologians and psychologists alike ask this question, but their answers…
Contemporary Ethical and Religious Challenges to Religion
Read moreThe subject of the contemporary ethical and religious challenges to religion haunts me, throwing me into countless days of reflection and…
Early Rabbinic Judaism and nascent Christianity – born as twins
Read more1 Avant-Propos
The following essay is meant to be an attempt to summarize in general terms the results of recent religion-historical research…Lutheran-Jewish Relations in the United States: A Historical and Personal Retrospect
Read moreIn the following I will offer, first, a brief retrospect on the history of the Lutheran and Jewish communities in the United States, which…
“Promise, Land, and Hope”: An American Perspective on the Theological Project
Read moreRecently I had two conversations that will serve well to introduce the challenges we face when we approach the issues that swirl around the…
Attitudes in West German Protetantism towards the State of Israel 1948-1967
Read moreIn this study the author presents Protestant individuals, groups, committees, and print media who, between 1948 and 1972, dealt with the…
Church of Scotland Shreds Bible
Read moreThe Kirk has committed theological suicide in order to promote political inanities. The former Church of Scotland is defunct; the Church of…