Preaching in Judaism and Christianity: Encounters and Developments from Biblical Times to Modernity

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It is a widespread idea that the roots of the Christian sermon can be found in the Jewish derasha. But the story of the interrelation of the two homiletical traditions, Jewish and Christian, from New Testament times to the present day is still untold. Can homiletical encounters be registered? Is there a common homiletical history - not only in the modern era, but also in rabbinic times and in the Middle Ages? Which current developments affect Jewish and Christian preaching today, in the 21st century? And, most important, what consequences may result from this mutual perception of Jewish and Christian homiletics for homiletical research and the practice of preaching? This book offers the papers of the first international conference (Bamberg, Germany, 6th to 8th March 2007) which brought together Jewish and Christian scholars to discuss Jewish and Christian homiletics in their historical development and relationship and to sketch out common homiletical projects. Frontmatter Table of contents Two Homiletic Twins Introduction Greeting to the conference "Two Homiletical Traditions. Preaching in Judaism and Christianity" The Derashah in Rabbinic Times On the Spiritual Role of Midrash and Aggada. Response The Sermon as an Invention of Hellenistic Judaism Response Christian Perception of Jewish Preaching in Early Christianity? Response Medieval Jewish Preaching and Christian Homiletics Response Jewish Confirmation Sermons in 19th-Century Germany Towards Mutual Listening. The Notion of Sermon in Franz Rosenzweig´s Philosophy Response Leo Baeck - Preacher and Teacher of Preaching Preaching the Hebrew Bible. A Christian Perspective Jewish and Christian Bible Reading Between Retro-spectivism and Pro-spectivism. Response "The Voice is the Voice of Jacob." Contemporary Developments in US-American Jewish Preaching, Homiletics and Homiletical Education Response Jewish Hermeneutics and Christian Preaching. Scriptural Hermeneutics and its Homiletical Consequences Through the White Fire to the Black Fire. The Bibliolog as a Path for Bible Interpretation in Judaism and Christianity Backmatter