Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein is acknowledged as one of the world¿s leading figures in interreligious dialogue. He is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute since 1997. His work bridges the theological and academic dimension with a variety of practical initiatives, especially involving world religious leadership. His academic work is divided between contributions to early rabbinic thought, Jewish spirituality, interfaith theory and Jewish theology of religions. He has held academic posts at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem. The present volume continues his ground-breaking work in the field of Jewish theology of religions.

Introduction

The Election and Sanctity of Israel in the Hebrew Bible
Israel Knohl

A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation
Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Israel as Blessing: Theological Horizons
Eugene Korn

Jewish Chosenness¿A Contemporary Approach
Jerome Gellman

Aleinu¿a Prayer Common to Jews and Gentile God-Fearers
Menahem Katz

Two Dimensions of Jewish Identity
Stanislaw Krajewski

Images of the Non-Jew in the Kedushat Levi: A Textual and Theological Exploration
Or Rose

Israel¿s Election and the Suffering of the Holocaust
Gershon Greenberg

Israel¿s Election and the Moral Dilemma of Amalek and the Seven Nations of Canaan
Reuven Kimelman

From Enmity to Unity¿Recovering the Bäal Shem Tov¿s Teachings on Non-Jews
Menachem Kallus

Conclusion: Judaism¿s Challenge¿Being Israel in Changing Circumstances

Notes on Contributors