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Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations                         Volume 3 (2008) 
 

Editors’ Afterword    i        http://escholarship.bc.edu/scjr/vol3 

Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 

A peer-reviewed e-journal of the Council of Centers in Jewish-Christian Relations 

Published by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College 

 

 

Editors’ Afterword 

Ruth Langer and John C. Merkle 

 

 

 

 

Volume 3 (2008)  

http://escholarship.bc.edu/scjr/vol3 

 



Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations                         Volume 3 (2008) 
 

Editors’ Afterword    ii        http://escholarship.bc.edu/scjr/vol3 

 
 
 
“Unfinished business,” understood in a positive sense, 
characterizes the state of our journal’s discussions as 
we close out its third volume. Here we have opened a 
number of important discussions whose topics, 
because of their complexity, will remain on the 
Christian-Jewish dialogue agenda for some time to 
come. 
 
 
Our call for papers on Paul receives its initial response 
in this volume with the publication of a select Pauline 
bibliography and Vincent Smiles’ essay on Galatians 
and the law. This feature topic, like the Catholic 
Church’s Jubilee Year dedicated to St. Paul, will extend 
into 2009.  
  
 
Our 2008 call for papers on theologies of the Land and 
State of Israel resulted in several peer reviewed 
articles, one response, and a published conference 
proceeding. But this discussion is also far from 
complete. We invite further submissions, either in the 
form of new articles or as responses to those already 
published.  
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
We call particular attention to a set of peer-reviewed 
articles, published in this volume in response to the 
issues that emerged in conjunction with Pope 
Benedict’s publication of a revised Tridentine Good 
Friday prayer for the Jews. Both Mary Boys’ article, 
reflecting on the American situation, and Hans 
Hermann Henrix’s, reflecting on the European reality, 
draw our attention to the meta-issues inherent in these 
discussions – issues that also require continuing 
attention. David Berger’s conference proceeding 
provides a Jewish contribution on this same topic. 
 
 
As we look toward Volume 4 (2009), we continue to 
welcome your submissions on these and other topics. 
We particularly welcome contributions to our two 
feature topics for 2009. In addition to our continuing 
focus on Paul, we initiate here a conversation about 
“Jewish and Christian Education in an Age of Dialogue” 
and invite professional educators and academics to 
submit papers of a descriptive, analytic and/or 
prescriptive nature which address experiences and 
challenges in education with or about the religious 
other. Please see the full  Call for Papers.