Alan Brill, "A Jewish Trinity: Contemporary Christian Theology through Jewish Eyes" (Virtual)

Alan Brill will speak on his latest book, A Jewish Trinity: Contemporary Christian Theology through Jewish Eyes (Fortress Press, 2025), in which he offers a Jewish understanding of six topics often discussed in contemporary Christian theology: Trinity, original sin, incarnation, salvation, messianism, and covenant. Brill shows that contemporary Christian theology allows for greater commonality while remaining aware of differences. He seeks to change the field of Jewish-Christian encounter, going beyond reconciliation toward a richer and deeper theological discussion of similarity and difference.

Dr. Alan Brill is the Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair for Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, where he teaches Jewish studies in the Department of Religion and the Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program. He specializes in interfaith theology, Jewish mysticism, modern Jewish thought and contemporary Jewish Orthodoxy. He is the author of, among other books, A Jewish Trinity: Contemporary Christian Theology through Jewish Eyes (2025), Rabbi on the Ganges: A Jewish-Hindu Encounter (2019), and Judaism and World Religions (2012).