Documentary History of Jewish–Christian Relations

Edward Kessler MBE is Founder President of the Woolf Institute and a leading thinker in interfaith relations, primarily Jewish–Christian–Muslim relations. He founded the Woolf Institute in 1998 and was described by The Times Higher Education Supplement (London) as 'probably the most prolific interfaith figure in British academia'. Neil Wenborn is a full-time writer and publishing consultant who has published widely in both the UK and the US. He is the author of several biographies and is co-editor of the highly respected History Today Companion to British History (1995) and A Dictionary of Jewish–Christian Relations (2005).

• Introduction; Part I. To 900 CE: 1. The New Testament: the first to the early second centuries Matthew V. Novenson; 2. Eastern and western writings until the ninth century James Carleton Paget; 3. Classic rabbinic literature until the ninth century Philip Alexander; Appendix to Part I: Exegetical encounters Edward Kessler; Part II: 900 to 1800: 4. The medieval period: the tenth to the fifteenth centuries Marc Saperstein and Edward Kessler; 5. From the Reformation to the Enlightenment: the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries Paul Kerry; Part III. 1800 to the Present Day: 6. The rise of antisemitism to early Zionism: 1800–1914 Edward Kessler; 7. From World War I to the Holocaust: 1914–1947 Victoria Barnett; 8. The State of Israel to the election of Pope John Paul II: 1948–1978 Karma Ben-Johanan; 9. The flourishing of Jewish–Christian relations: 1978 to the present day Mary Boys; Appendix to Part III. Institutional statements: 1947 to the present day Edward Kessler.

'This is a magisterial work which provides an accessible and authoritative insight into the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Written by leading scholars and practitioners, the Documentary History reflects its often troubled history, the massive and positive changes in relations in more recent times and demonstrates the unique and intimate relationship between Judaism and Christianity.' Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews