Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue: Essays in Jewish-Christian Relations (Judaism and Jewish Life)

Friendship and hatred, tolerance and persecution, intimacy and estrangement, dialogue and debate, routine interaction and explosive crisis-all these mark the complex and fascinating relationship between Christians and Jews over a period of two millennia. This volume addresses that relationship in all its intriguing variety ranging from Jewish views of Jesus to medieval persecutions of Jews to the impact of the State of Israel to the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's film on the passion. The essays in this collection are essential reading for anyone involved or interested in a tense and creative interchange that transformed the world -- and continues to transform it.