The Ten Commandments for Jews, Christians, and Others

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ISBN: 9780802829658

By: Roger E. Van Harn

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The Ten Commandments for Jews, Christians, and Others is an authentic interfaith dialogue in which eminent Jewish and Christian scholars come together to illuminate the Ten Commandments. This volume offers relevant guidelines for believing Jews and Christians today, with the goal of stimulating deeper conversation between the two groups. 222 Pages. Softcover from Eerdmans.

About the Editor: Roger E. Van Harn is retired from the pastorate at Grace Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of Preacher, Can You Hear Us Listening? and the editor of Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles' Creed and of the acclaimed three-volume Lectionary Commentary.

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Title: The Ten Commandments for Jews, Christians, and Others
By: Roger E. Van Harn
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 222
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0802829651
ISBN-13: 9780802829658
Stock No: WW829658

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Foreword by Peter W. Ochs
Afterword by Richard John Neuhaus

In this book eminent Jewish and Christian scholars come together to illuminate the Ten Commandments. Roger Van Harn has arranged the volume so that writers from both traditions dialogue over each of the Ten Words. A Christian or a Jew writes a penetrating essay about one of the commandments, followed by a shorter response from a member of the other tradition -- all done, remarkably, without sacrificing either Jewish or Christian identity.

Unique for its authentic interfaith dialogue on dogmatic matters, The Ten Commandments for Jews, Christians, and Others offers pertinent guidelines for believing Jews and Christians today, with the goal of stimulating deeper conversation between the two groups. As Van Harn says, "Listening to one another may hold pleasant surprises that open us to new possibilities."

Contributors:

Carl E. Braaten
Roger Brooks
Shalom Carmy
James A. Diamond
Elliot N. Dorff
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Rochelle L. Millen
Richard John Neuhaus
David Novak
Peter W. Ochs
David Patterson
Daniel Polish
Anathea E. Portier-Young
R. R. Reno
John K. Roth
Byron L. Sherwin
Marguerite Shuster
R. Kendall Soulen
Linn Tonstad
Leanne Van Dyk
Calvin P. Van Reken
Allen Verhey
Miroslav Volf
Sue Ann Wasserman

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"Lively and engaging dialogues unearth the differences and similarities of both faiths and broaden the reader's perspective on the texts."