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on marriage and the family
Lord, set a border on excess,
and let the borders be exceeded.
May people not make false money,
and money not make people false.
Send more truth to our brothers and sisters,
and the truth more brothers and sisters.
Give our rulers a peaceful language,
and with that language a more peaceful Europe.
Help us enjoy the goods of the earth and
the fruits of progress in moderation.
Give us a Church that keeps its spiritual doors open,
and open the doors to a spirit-fi lled Church.
And Lord, grant that we may all get to heaven
but not right away! *
Best wishes to our readers, contributors, colleagues, and all our other friends.
The INTAMS Team,
Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn
Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi
Dominique van Haelst
David Dawson Vasquez
Hans Storme
Due to the current corona restrictions, the publication of this volume has been delayed to January 2021.
Special Theme Issue
This issue presents the scholarly fruits of a conference held in March 2019 at the Center for the Study of Christianity, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The conference was devoted to the topic of Marriage and/as Metaphor in Christian and Jewish Traditions. The proceedings published here reflect the variety of issues, dilemmas, metaphors, and reality which the concept of marriage conjured up in the ancient and early modern mind.
Editorial by Guest Editor Prof. Oded Irshai, Director of the Center for the Study of Christianity, Hebrew University Jerusalem;
Articles by Jennifer Knust (Duke University), Yonatan Moss (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Serge Ruzer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Gabriel Radle (University of Notre Dame), Eirini Panou (Hellenic Open University & Open University of Cyprus), and Judith Weiss (Ben Gurion University of the Negev).
Art by David Moss (Jerusalem).
Book reviews of recent publications in the fields of Judaism & Early Christianity, Practical Issues & Pastoral Theology, and Theology.
* An adaption of the New Year’s prayer of Fr. H.J. Kappen, a priest of St. Lamberti in Münster, 1883
Best wishes to our readers, contributors, colleagues, and all our other friends.
The INTAMS Team
Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn
Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi
Dominique van Haelst
David Dawson Vasquez
Hans Storme