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Ever since Christianity sought to define itself as distinctly different from Judaism, the paths of Judaism and Christianity have diverged. Yet what they retained in common was a large body of Scriptures, the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament for Christians. This conference will explore what the French scholar Gilbert Dahan has called “the encounter over Scripture,” the exploration of the shared textual heritage by Jewish and Christian scholars in the Western Middle Ages (c. 500-1500 CE), which opened the door to interactions between Christians and Jews, ranging from learned discourse to hostile confrontation.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

PRESENTERS
Boyd Coolman (Boston College)
Franklin T. Harkins (Boston College)
Robert A. Harris (Jewish Theological Seminary)
Görge K. Hasselhoff (Technical University Dortmund)
Johannes Heil (HJS Heidelberg)
Deeana Klepper (Boston University)
Frans van Liere (Calvin University / Boston College)
Christopher Ocker (San Francisco Theological Seminary)
Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
Devorah Schoenfeld (Loyola University, Chicago)