Contents

Foreword xi
John Van Engen

Acknowledgments xxi

Contributors xxiii

Introduction: The Transformative Work of Michael A. Signer 1

Franklin T. Harkins

I. ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERSPECTIVES:

EXEGESIS, POLEMIC, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

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The Making of a Medievalist 25
Arnold J. Band

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The End of the Law: A Significant Dierence between Judaism
and Christianity 34
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Christianity in Talmud and Midrash: Parallelomania
or Parallelophobia? 50
Israel Jacob Yuval

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The Psalms at the Abbey of Saint-Victor: From the Novices schola
to the Heights of contemplatio 75
Grover A. Zinn

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Historia and Sensus litteralis: An Investigation into the Approach to
Literal Interpretation at the Twelfth-Century School of St. Victor 101
Dale M. Coulter

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The Harmony of Similar and Dissimilar Things: Narrative
and Reason in Richard of St. Victors De Emmanuele 125
Boyd Taylor Coolman

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Following with Unequal Step: Andrew of St. Victor, the
Glossa ordinaria, and Compilatory Exegesis in the Northern
French Schools of the Twelfth Century 150
Franklin T. Harkins

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And Rebekah Loved Jacob, But Why? Responses from Two
Twelfth-Century Exegetes 179
Deborah L. Goodwin

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Two Introductions by Rabbi Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam):
To the Song of Songs and Lamentations 205
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Wandering to the End: The Medieval Christian Context of
the Wandering Jew 224
E. Ann Matter

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Hugh of St. Cher and Medieval Collaboration 241
Lesley Smith

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Wessel Gansforts (14191489) Use of Hebrew 265
Arjo Vanderjagt

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The Guardian of Israel neither Dozes nor Sleeps: Exegesis, Polemics,
and Politics in the Late Medieval Jewish-Christian Encounter 285
Jeremy Cohen

II. MODERN PERSPECTIVES: THEOLO GY, PRAXIS,

AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE OTHER

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To Get to Know, to Understand, and to Respect Each Other:
Guidelines Old and New 313
Peter von der Osten-Sacken

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Biblical and Historical Perspectives on the People of God 319
Angela Kim Harkins

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Rabbi Hayim David Halevi on Christianity and Christians:
An Analysis of Selected Legal Writings of an Israeli Authority 340
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Michael Signers Theological Philosophy of the Plain Sense 363
Peter Ochs

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Can We Speak of a Theological Bond between Christians and Jews?
A Dialogue with Michael Signer 385
John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M.

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Philosemitism and Judaizing in the Contemporary Church 405
David Fox Sandmel

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Contempt for the Jews and Disregard for the Old Testament:
The Re-establishment of the Tridentine Rite in German Perspective 421
Hanspeter Heinz

Publications of Michael A. Signer 445

Index 452

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