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CENTERS & NETWORKS for JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS,
DIALOGUE AND STUDIES |
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Bat Kol Institute
www.batkol.info |
Christians studying Torah
within its Jewish milieu, using Jewish sources. Bat Kol Institute is based
in Jerusalem and provides study programs that enable Christians to study
the Bible from within the living traditions of Judaism, with Christian and
Jewish professors. |
Boston
College. Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/ |
The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College is dedicated to the growth of new and mutually enriching relationships between Christians and Jews. The Center applies the scholarly resources of a Catholic university to the task of encouraging mutual knowledge between Christians and Jews at every level. |
Boston College. Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
http://escholarship.bc.edu/scjr/ |
The electronic journal of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations published by The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. |
Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.
www.cccj.ca/ |
CCCJ is a national, non-sectarian organization that builds on our common hertiage in pursuit of the goal: to eradicate discrimination, prejudice and bigotry in Canadian Society through education, research, communication and community building. |
Centre for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim (Auschwitz)
At the Threshold of Auschwitz |
Centre for Information, Meetings, Dialogue, Education and Prayer, founded in 1992. |
Council
of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
http://www.ccjr.us/ |
The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian
Relations is an association of centers and institutes in the United
States and Canada devoted to enhancing mutual understanding between
Jews and Christians. |
International Council of Christians and Jews
www.iccj.org |
An umbrella organization for 38 Christian-Jewish Dialogue institutions
worldwide. |
Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel
www.icci.org.il |
Promoting interreligious and intercultural understanding
in Israel |
Jewish Christian Relations
www.jcrelations.net |
Articles, reviews,
reports, official statements, and study resources on Jewish-Christian relations. Site available in six languages. |
King's University College, Centre for Catholic-Jewish Learning
http://www.uwo.ca/kings/ccjl/researchers.html. |
Resources for researchers and Students. Documents of significance [Christian, Jewish and jointly producted]; articles; links; calendars; vocabulary etc. |
The Light of Torah: Scripture Tools for Everyday Life
http://lightoftorah.net |
Light of Torah is a network of Catholics who engage in Torah study.
A lay movement within the Catholic community, its purpose is to facilitate a grassroots awakening to the beauty and riches of the Old Testament through the study of Torah in homes, parishes and small community settings. |
Sacred Heart University Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding
http://www.ccju.org.
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The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University (CCJU) draws together religious leaders, laity, scholars, theologians and educators to cultivate new seeds of mutual respect and develop programs and publications to overcome deep-seated antagonisms that recent progress has not yet healed. |
Seton Hill University
National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ncche/ |
Seton Hill University, a Catholic liberal arts university, initiated a national Catholic movement toward Holocaust studies in 1987. The National Catholic Center for Holocaust Edication faciliatates Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. |
SIDIC—International Jewish-Christian Documentation Service
www.sidic.org |
A multi language Study and Documentation service founded in Rome in 1965 at the request of a group of Bishops and experts from Vatican Council II.
Underlying all of SIDIC Rome's work is the call of the Church to understand and esteem the Jewish people as it understands itself, and to deepen Christian faith through the study of the faith of the Jewish people. |
The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies
www.icjs.org |
Many articles and resources in the area interreligious dialogue. |
The United Church of Canada
http://www.united-church.ca/partners/interfaith/bfw |
The United Church Canada statement on Jewish Relations and resources for worship celebrating United Church-Jewish Relations. |
The Vatican
www.vatican.va |
Website of The Holy See—Vatican documents, archives and news service. |
| United States Conference of Catholic Bishops http://www.usccb.org/seia/jewish.shtml |
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Jewish Relations. |
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CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH RELATIONS - DOCUMENTS AND GUIDELINES |
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| VATICAN DOCUMENTS |
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| Paul VI, Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate. The Vatican, 1965. |
| Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate, No. 4. Vatican, December 1, 1974/January 1975. |
| Commission for Religious Relations with The Jews, Notes on the Correct Way to present the Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis of the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican City, 1985. |
| Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah, 1998 |
| Statement of the Joint Commission for The Jewish-Christian Dialogue, 2003. |
| Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews, Statement of The Joint Commission of The Chief Rabbinate of Israel’s Delegation for Relations with The Catholic Church and The Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, December 2003 - Kislev 5764 |
| The Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible. Vatican Press, 2001. |
| Vatican, Lineamenta. The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church, March 2007. |
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| BISHOP'S CONFERENCES |
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| United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Reflections on Covenant and Mission. 2002. |
| United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Within Context: Guidelines for the Catechetical Presentation of Jews and Judaism in the New Testament. |
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| COUNCILS OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS—Documents and Statements |
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| International Council of Christians and Jews, An Address to the Churches, (The Ten Points of Seelisburg), 1947. |
| The United Church of Canada, Bearing Faithful Witness – A statement on United Church-Jewish Relations today, August 2003. |
Council of Christians and Jews, Rightly Explaining the Word of Truth: Guidelines for Christian Clergy and Teachers in their use of the New Testament with reference to the New Testament's presentation of Jews and Judaism.
The Council of Christians and Jews, Victoria, Australia, 1994. |
| Confraternidad Argentina Judeo Cristiana, “Holocaust-Shoah: Its Effects on Christian Theology and Life In Argentina and Latin America”, 2006. |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY—Recommended online articles |
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| Apple, R., “Paul is too Jewish for some, too anti-Jewish for others”, Gesher. |
Anderson, R. (Ed), Re-Reading Paul: A fresh look at his attitude to Torah and to Judaism. Further Guidelines for Christian Clergy and Teachers in their use of the New Testament with reference to the New Testament's presentation of Jews and Judaism, The Council of Christians and Jews, Victoria, Australia, 1999. |
| Guillaume, Ph., New Light on the Nebiim from Alexandria: A Chronography to Replace the Deuteronomistic History. |
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JEWISH STUDIES RESOURCES ON THE WEB |
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Biblical
Studies on the Web
http://www.bsw.org/index.php |
Provides links to the online
journal BSW; Electronic versions of Biblica and Filologia
Neotestamentaria, links to e-journals, libraries, academic papers
etc. |
Judaism 101
http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm. |
Answers to almost any question on Judaism. |
The Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp |
An on-line version of Jewish Encyclopedia. |
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Prophets and Prophecy. |
Comprehensive coverage of the Prophets, Rabinic, Talmudic and later commenators, historical contexts etc. |
The University of Calgary
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/InterAct.html |
An interactive page with simple explanations and outlines of The Talmud, The Mishnah, Cantillation, and the Ten Sefirot of Kabbalah,
prepared by Eliezer Segal and hosted by The University of Calgary. |
Maimonides
http://www.panix.com/~jjbaker/rambam.html |
Resources and links for Maimonides (Rambam). |
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ONLINE BIBLE, TORAH AND TANACH EDITONS |
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Mechon-Mamre (The Mamre Institute)
www.mechon-mamre.org |
The Hebrew Bible in English/Hebrew
parallel; the Hebrew bible with vowels and cantillation; The Mishnah
(Hebrew) and other books. |
Hebrew-Portuguese Tanach translation
http://www.judaismo-iberico.org/interlinear/tanakh/indexpt.htm |
Bíblia - Versão Hebraica do Mekhon_Mamre. The Bible with Hebrew and Portuguese translation in parallel. |
The Chumash with Rashi's commentary
http://www.tachash.org/texis/vtx/chumash |
The Torah with Rashi's commentary. |
The on-line Bible http://bible.cc/ |
Seven versions in parallel. |
The Hebrew Scriptures read in Hebrew
The Academy of Ancient Languages: http://www.aoal.org/hebrew_audiobible.htm |
The Hebrew Bible read in Hebrew.
The text is read slowly and clearly - a good site for beginners. (The mp3
files can be downloaded). |
The Tanach with Rashi's commentary
http://www.chabad.org/library/archive/Library
Archive.asp?AID=63255 |
The Judaica Press Tanach with Rashi. |
The Aleppo Codex
http://aleppocodex.org/homepage.html |
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| ONLINE RESOURCES in SACRED TEXTS |
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The Internet
Sacred texts Archive
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htm |
The Babylonian Talmud translated
by M L Rodkinson [1918] 10 Vol. abridgement.
The Tanakh - in Hebrew and in English translation.
Pirqe Avot.
The Legends of the Jews - Louis Ginzberg.
Midrash Tanhuma.
plus other translations
of Hebraic literature e.g. The Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides; The Works of Josephus Flavius; and Sepher Yetzirah.
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| The Legends of the Jews |
The Legends of the Jews - Louis Ginzberg, also available at http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/fairytales/jews/ |
Mechon-Mamre
www.mechon-mamre.org |
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Hebrew). |
The Talmud (in Hebrew)
http://www.e-daf.com/index.asp. |
Print folio pages as they appear in the printed editions
of the Talmud from this site. Listen to a daily Daf in English. |
The Online Books
Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/
subjectstart?BS
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/
subjectstart?BM |
—a Library of on-line links
for Bibles and Christian books.
—a Library of on-line links for Judaism. |
The Transliterated Siddur -Siddur ba-eir hei-teiv
http://siddur.webjew.org/ |
Prayer Book - follow link to Transliterated
Siddur. |
Pirke Avot
http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=5708 |
Pirke Avot. |
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RESOURCES for PARASHAT HASHAVUAH* COMMENTARIES |
| * Parashat Hashavuah (The "Torah Portion of the Week") |
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Bat Kol Institute Parashat Hashavuah
http://www.batkol.info/parashathashavuah |
Commentaries on the weekly Torah portion written by Christian alumni and personnel from Bat Kol Institute, Jerusalem. |
Bar-Ilan University Parashat Hashavuah Study Center
http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/ |
An archive of parashat hashavuah commentaries. |
Chabad.org
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp |
Weekly Parashah commentaries. Includes Rashi's commentary in parallel with the portion. |
The Conservative Yeshiva, Jerusalem
http://www.uscj.org.il/haftarahArchive.php |
An archived weekly Commentary on the haftarah. |
Newsletter for Targumic & Cognate Studies
http://targum.info/?page_id=7 |
Provides online: Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Targum Onkelos. Also Targumim of the Megilot: Song of Songs; Ruth; and Lamentations and Targum Psalms. |
The Aramaic Targum to Song of Songs
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/song/targum/ |
Targum to the Song of Songs. |
The Jewish Theological Seminary Parashat Hashavuah
JTS Torah Commentary
Torah Commentary Archives |
Read the Torah and Haftarah portions [JPS translation]; sign up or read on-line a parashat hashavuah commentary each week; access an archive of past parashat hashavuah commentaries and translations including Holidays and Special Readings. |
"What's Bothering Rashi?" http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/bonchek
/archives/archives.htm |
An analysis of the Torah commentary (according to Rashi) by Avigdor Bonchek. Published according to the weekly Portion. "What's Bothering Rashi?" is produced by the Institute for the Study of Rashi and Early Commentaries. |
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RESOURCES for TORAH STUDIES for CHRISTIANS |
Light of Torah. Scripture Tools for Everyday Life
http://lightoftorah.net
Subscribe to Weekly reflections. http://lightoftorah.net/node/4 |
Light of Torah is a network of Catholics who engage in Torah study.
A lay movement within the Catholic community, its purpose is to facilitate a grassroots awakening to the beauty and riches of the Old Testament through the study of Torah in homes, parishes and small community settings. |
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HEBREW LANGUAGE |
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An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
http://www.etz-hayim.com/hebrew/ |
See the Introduction to Biblical Hebrew lessons on this web site: Etz Hayim—"Tree of Life." |
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Aleph-Bet on the Net
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ylcflx/Aleph-Bet/index.html |
The tutorials on this site are designed to reinforce vocabulary and spelling for beginning students of modern Hebrew. |
Animated Hebrew
http://www.animatedhebrew.com/ |
Hebrew flash cards, audio visual learning materials and more. |
Custom on-line Tanach and Mishnah on Demand
http://www.exc.com/CL/index.html |
Select and Print in Hebrew chapters or verses from the Tanach or Mishnah. |
Dictionary for Beginners
http://www.dictionary.co.il/index.php |
A useful list of words and their Hebrew translation. |
Hebrew for Christians
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/index.html |
Introductory Hebrew, Hebrew grammar and information about Judaism from a Messianic perspective. |
Hebrew Language at the University of Texas at Austin
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/heblang/bhtutorials.shtml |
Biblical Hebrew Language Tutorials.
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Learn Hebrew Verbs
http://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/ |
Online website to aid learning of Hebrew verbs and conjugations. |
| Milingua Hebrew Learning. http://www.milingua.com |
Sign up for free Hebrew learning materials or subscribe to a course. |
| National Center for Hebrew language http://www.ivrit.org/html/words_roots/words_roots.shtml |
Hebrew root words. |
Passing Phrase
http://www.learnhebrew.org.il/index.htm |
Hebrew lessons "phrase by phrase." |
The Online Hebrew Tutorial http://foundationstone.com.au/OnlineHebrewTutorial.html |
Useful site for beginners in Hebrew. |
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BIBLΕ REFERENCE TOOLS, LEXICONS, ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS ETC. |
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Yale Divinity
Library
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/tutframe.htm.
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A Biblical Reference Tools tutorial site from Yale Divinity Library. Includes
an Introduction to the Use of a Lexicon. |
Hebrew, Brown, Driver & Briggshttp://www.library.yale.edu/div/lexicon1.htm#heblex |
How to use a Hebrew lexicon. |
Greek lexicon
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/lexicon1.htm#grklex |
How to use a Greek lexicon. |
West Semitic Research Project
Ancient Biblical Manuscripts
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Ancient manuscripts, including the history of the Leningrad Codex—the oldest complete copy of the whole Hebrew Bible. |
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JEWISH and CHRISTIAN LITURGICAL CALENDARS |
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The Jewish and Christian Liturgical Calendar
http://www.etz-hayim.com |
The Jewish and Christian Liturgical Calendar provides both Christian and Jewish biblical readings for each Sabbath and Sunday, festival and Holy Day in the liturgical years of each tradition. |
Jewish calendar
http://www.hebcal.com. |
Jewish calendar with Torah readings for Shabbat and Holidays. |
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JEWISH CUSTOMS and TRADITIONS |
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Jewish Heritage Online Magazine
http://www.jhom.com/index.htm
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Hebrew lessons, Concepts, Topic of the Month. |
Hebrew/Jewish Songs
http://www.szepi.hu/nota/shiru/
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A selection of popular Jewish and Israeli songs with music scores. |
My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/index.shtml |
Jewish Holidays, Life, Customs, Beliefs, Practices, History, Parashat Hashavuah commentary... |
Dr Nurit Reshef
http://www.ualberta.ca/~yreshef/nurit.htm |
About Judaism through stories and games. |
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CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY |
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Taizé
http://www.taize.fr/en_article463.html |
Taizé website: About Taizé prayer. Songs, notation and midi files of Taizé songs. |
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