These essays are based on lectures given to largely Christian audiences, however they all began in conversation with serious Christian thinkers and theologians including Markus Barth, George Lindbeck, Stanley Hauerwas, Kendall Soulen to name but a few. The essays are also greatly influenced by Augustine, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and Karl Barth. This book aims to show the respectful engagement that can be conducted on quite specific theological points between Christianity and Judaism.
David Novak holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies as Professor of the Study of Religion, Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Jewish Studies Programme, and member of University College and the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto.