Judaism and Other Religions Models of Understanding

With insight and scholarship, Alan Brill crisply outlines traditional Jewish approached to other religions for an age of globalization. He provides a fresh perspective on Biblical and Rabbinic texts, offering new ways of thinking about other faiths. Brill develops the theological categories for Hewish text and classifies them according to terms widely used in interfaith work: inclusivist, exclusivist, universalist, and pluralist. Judaism and Other Religions is essential reading for anyone looking for a Jewish theological understanding of the issues involved in interfaith encounters. With passion and clarity, Brill argues that in today's world of strong religious passions and intolerance, it is necessary to go beyond secular tolerance toward moderate and mediating and mediating religious positions.

Rabbi Alan Brill is Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair of Jewish-Christian Studies, Department of Religion, Seton Hall University, USA. He is also the author of a companion volume, Judaism and Wold Religions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

1. Beginning the Conversation
2. Theological Categories
3. Biblical and Talmudic Texts
4. The Inclusivist Tradition
5. The Universalist Tradition
6. Pluralism
7. The Exclusivist Tradition
8. Gentiles
9. The Phenomena of Religion
10. At The Dawn of a New Century