Faith and Order Report. Philip Alexander, FBA, was a member of the drafting group for a major statement published by the Church of England entitled God’s Unfailing Word: Theological and Practical Perspectives on Christian–Jewish Relations (2019). This statement has received wide Press coverage, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Jewish Chronicle, The Church Times, and The Times of Israel, and cites the works of a number of Manchester-based academics, including: Philip Alexander's article ‘Why did Lord Balfour Back the Balfour Declaration?’ (2018); Daniel Langton's The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination (2010) and Children of Zion (2008); Jews and Christians: Perspectives on Mission (2011), co-edited by CJS honorary research fellow Rabbi Dr Reuven Silverman and Daniel Langton; George Brooke's The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (2005); Bernard Jackson's article ‘Legalism’ (1979); CJS honorary research fellow Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton's The Christian Effect on Jewish Life (1994); and Geoffrey Wigoder's Jewish–Christian Relations since the Second World War (1988), based on the 1987 Sherman Lectures at the University of Manchester.
22 November 2019
New publication, Church of England
Faith and Order Report. Philip Alexander, FBA, was a member of the drafting group for a major statement published by the Church of England entitled God’s Unfailing Word: Theological and Practical Perspectives on Christian–Jewish Relations (2019). This statement has received wide Press coverage, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Jewish Chronicle, The Church Times, and The Times of Israel, and cites the works of a number of Manchester-based academics, including: Philip Alexander's article ‘Why did Lord Balfour Back the Balfour Declaration?’ (2018); Daniel Langton's The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination (2010) and Children of Zion (2008); Jews and Christians: Perspectives on Mission (2011), co-edited by CJS honorary research fellow Rabbi Dr Reuven Silverman and Daniel Langton; George Brooke's The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (2005); Bernard Jackson's article ‘Legalism’ (1979); CJS honorary research fellow Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton's The Christian Effect on Jewish Life (1994); and Geoffrey Wigoder's Jewish–Christian Relations since the Second World War (1988), based on the 1987 Sherman Lectures at the University of Manchester.