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CENTERS & NETWORKS for JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS,
DIALOGUE AND STUDIES |
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ISPS Ratisbonne-Bat Kol Christian Centre for Jewish Studies
https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/ |
The Bat kol-Christian Center for Jewish Studies is open to Christians who desire to know Judaism in its own right. The goal of the programs and activities of the Institute is to supply the Church with a place where it is possible for Christians to study Judaism and to have contact with the Jewish people in their own country. Emphasis is placed on the discovery of the sources of Judaism through the study of the fundamental texts of its tradition. |
Boston
College. Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/Center-for-Christian-Jewish-Learning.html |
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
https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/scjr |
The electronic journal of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations published by The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. |
CCCJ - Alberta.
https://www.cccj-ab.com/ |
An Interfaith Website for Christian-Jewish Relations. |
Centre for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim (Auschwitz)
At the Threshold of Auschwitz |
Centre for Information, Meetings, Dialogue, Education and Prayer, founded in 1992.
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Council
of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
https://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. |
Jewish Christian Relations
www.jcrelations.net |
Articles, reviews,
reports, official statements, and study resources on Jewish-Christian relations. Site available in six languages. |
The Light of Torah: Scripture Tools for Everyday Life
https://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. |
Seton Hill University
National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education
https://www.setonhill.edu/centers-community-programs/holocaust-center/ |
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. Access to Sidic Publications 1967-2003
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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 Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies
www.icjs.org |
Many articles and resources in the area interreligious dialogue. |
The United Church of Canada
https://united-church.ca/community-and-faith/welcome-united-church-canada/partners-mission/interfaith-relations |
Links to the United Church Canada statement on United Church-Jewish Relations, Bearing Faithful Witness, the report Mending the World: An Ecumenical Vision for Healing and Reconciliation, and other links. |
The Vatican
https://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html |
Website of The Holy See—Vatican documents, archives and news service. |
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ecumenical and Interreligious relations |
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. Vatican, 1998 |
| 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. |
| Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, The Gifts and the Calling of God are Irrevocable A Reflection on Theological Questions Pertaining to Catholic-Jewish Relations on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of "Nostra Aetate" (No. 4), 2015. |
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| BISHOP'S CONFERENCES |
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| Consultation of the National Council of Synagogues and the Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Reflections on Covenant and Mission. 2002. |
| United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on Doctrine and Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs A Note on the Ambiguities Contained in Reflections on Covenant and Mission, Oct 13, 2009 rev. |
| 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, A Time for Recommitment: The Twelve Points of Berlin, Building the new relationaship between Christians and Jews, Berlin, 2009. In Booklet form here. |
| 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”, Final Declaration, 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”, This talk was given at the launching of the new 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. |
| 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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Judaism 101
https://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm. |
Answers to almost any question on Judaism. |
The Jewish Encyclopedia
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/ |
An on-line version of Jewish Encyclopedia. |
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Prophets and Prophecy. |
Comprehensive coverage of the Prophets, Rabbinic, Talmudic and later commenators, historical contexts etc. |
Maimonides
https://www.panix.com/~jjbaker/rambam.html |
Resources and links for Maimonides (Rambam). |
Torah.org
https://torah.org |
Online resources about Judaism, commentaries, texts, ethics, and halakhah |
Sefaria
https://www.sefaria.org/texts |
Sefaria is home to 3,000 years of Jewish texts. A nonprofit organization offering free access to texts, translations, and commentaries so that everyone can participate in the ongoing process of studying, interpreting, and creating Torah |
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| ONLINE BIBLE, TORAH AND TANACH EDITONS |
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Mechon-Mamre (The Mamre Institute)
https://mechon-mamre.org/ |
The Hebrew Bible in English/Hebrew
parallel; the Hebrew bible with vowels and cantillation; The Mishné Torah
(Hebrew) and other books. |
| The on-line Bible https://biblehub.com/ |
Many versions of the Bible including Hebrew. Hebrew and Greek tudy tools, Concordances, Commentaries etc. |
The Hebrew Scriptures read in Hebrew
https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/ptmp3prq.htm |
The Hebrew Bible read in Hebrew by Abraham Shmuelof.
The text is read slowly and clearly - a good site for beginners. (The mp3
files can be downloaded). |
The Tanach with Rashi's commentary
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/
63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm |
The Judaica Press Tanach with Rashi.
Note: Choose text and check the box to show Rashi's Commentary (Hebrew). |
The Aleppo Codex
See the pages of the Aleppo Codex
More information: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/hebrew-bible/the-aleppo-codex-online/ |
The Aleppo Codex, known as the "Keter" (Crown,) is the oldest extant manuscript of the complete Hebrew Bible and dates to approx. 930 CE. A project of the Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, the Codex can be browsed through on this website. |
Tanach and Mishnah on Demand - Custom on-line
Tanach: https://www.lashon.net/CL//Tanach/Tanach.cgi
Mishnah: https://www.lashon.net/CL//Mishna/Mishna.cgi |
Custom select chapters or verses from the Tanach or Mishnah (in Hebrew) and download as PDF. |
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| BIBLICAL STUDIES RESOURCES ON THE WEB |
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Biblical Studies on the Web
https://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. |
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
Background resources
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Educational Resources |
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| ONLINE RESOURCES for SACRED TEXTS and JEWISH COMMENTARIES |
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Internet
Sacred texts Archive
https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/talmud.htm |
The Babylonian Talmud translated
by M L Rodkinson [1918] 10 Vol. abridgement.
The Tanakh - in Hebrew with English transliteration.
The Septuagint
The Latin (Vulgate) Bible
A Polyglot Bible —English (KGV), Greek, Hebrew and Latin in parallel
The Greek New Testament
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; The Kuzari (Judah HaLevi) and Sepher Yetzirah (The Book of Creation).
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Mesillat Yesharim [Path of the Just] ~Moshe Chaim Luzzato
https://www.sefaria.org/Mesilat_Yesharim?tab=contents |
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707–1747), also known as the RaMCHaL after his initials, is best known for his classical work on piety, Mesillat Yesharim (Path of the Just). A classic of Jewish moral teachings and required study in many rabbinical academies, along with the Talmud and law codes, Mesillat Yesharim is Luzzato's most influencial work, built upon a list of accomplishments found in a Beraita attributed to the sage Pinchas ben-Yair (Avodah Zarah 20b), a fourth generation Tanna who flourished in the second half of the Second Century. |
Mishneh Torah from Chabad.org [English trans.]
Mishneh Torah from Mecon Mamre [Hebrew]
Mishneh Torah, Sefer HaMadda (Book of Knowledge) [English] |
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (English & Hebrew)
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Hebrew) from Mecon Mamre
Immanuel Levy's translation of Mishneh Torah's Book of Knowledge plus other Maimonides links. |
| Pirke Avot Ethics of the Fathers [English] from Chabad.org |
Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) |
Sefer Hamitzvot (Book of the Commandmants)
[English and Hebrew] |
Maimonides' Sefer Hamitzvot Hebrew and English from Chabad.org |
Shulchan Aruch from Torah.org
The Shulchan Aruch
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An online translation of Joseph Karo's Shulchan Aruch (Set Table). |
| The Legends of the Jews |
The Legends of the Jews - Louis Ginzberg available at https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/loj/index.htm |
The Online Books Page
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/
subjectstart?BS
https://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 Soncino BabylonianTalmud
https://www.halakhah.com |
The Soncino Babylonian Talmud [English translation by Epstein, 1935-1948.] Tractates available as PDF docs; some viewable as html. |
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| RESOURCES for PARASHAT HASHAVUAH* COMMENTARIES |
| * Parashat Hashavuah (The "Torah Portion of the Week") |
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ISPS Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies
https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/category/parashah-commentaries/ |
Commentaries on the weekly Torah portion written by Christian alumni and personnel from ISPS Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. |
Chabad.org
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp |
Weekly Parashah commentaries. Includes Rashi's commentary in parallel with the portion. |
The Conservative Yeshiva, Jerusalem
Conservative Yeshivah web archive 5761 - 5779 Access HERE
Scroll to bottom of page and choose from Parahah and year.
Commentaries from Torah Sparks 5779 and ongoing are stored in a Google Drive with access, HERE
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An archived weekly Commentary on the haftarah written by Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein, senior Lecturer in Talmud and Midrash at Conservative Yeshiva, Jerusalem. Commentaries from year 5761 - 5779 can be found on the internet archive of Conservative Yeshivah. Commentaries after 5779 at kept by Torah Sparks. |
Newsletter for Targumic & Cognate Studies
https://targum.info/targumic-texts/ |
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
https://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?" https://www.shemayisrael.com/parsha/bonchek/
https://www.shemayisrael.com/parsha/bonchek/ (Archive) |
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
https://lightoftorah.net
Subscribe to Weekly reflections. https://www.lightoftorah.net/latest |
Light of Torah offers educational resources for Christians, designed to foster a love for Torah and respect for the traditions of the Jewish people.
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
https://www.etz-hayim.com/hebrew/ |
See the Introduction to Biblical Hebrew lessons on this web site: Etz Hayim—"Tree of Life." |
Animated Hebrew
https://www.animatedhebrew.com/ |
Hebrew flash cards, audio visual learning materials and more. |
Modern Hebrew words for Beginners
https://www.dictionary.co.il/categories.php |
A useful list of words and their Hebrew translation. |
Hebrew for Christians
https://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
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/ |
Biblical Hebrew Language Tutorials.
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| BIBLE REFERENCE TOOLS, LEXICONS, ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS ETC. |
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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
https://www.etz-hayim.com/calendars/ |
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
https://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
https://www.jhom.com/index.htm
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Hebrew lessons, Concepts, Topic of the Month. |
Hebrew/Jewish Songs
https://www.szepi.hu/nota/shiru/
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A selection of popular Jewish and Israeli songs with music scores. |
My Jewish Learning
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/ |
Jewish Holidays, Life, Customs, Beliefs, Practices, History, Parashat Hashavuah commentary... |
Dr Nurit Reshef
https://www.ualberta.ca/~yreshef/nurit.htm |
Judaism through stories and games. |
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| CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY |
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Taizé
https://www.taize.fr/en |
Taizé website: About Taizé prayer. Songs, notation and midi files of Taizé songs. |
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