About Jewish-Christian Studies
Jewish-Christian Studies is a department of King’s Evangelical Divinity School (KEDS), United Kingdom, created primarily as a resource for the Church. It explores the relationship between the Church and Israel and advocates for positive relations between Christians, Jewish believers in Jesus and Israel more generally. Jewish-Christian Studies is directed by Dr Calvin L. Smith.
Aims
- To emphasise and explore the Jewish origins of the Christian faith
- To challenge supersessionism within the Church
- To explore and foster the ongoing relationship between Gentile and Jewish believers in Jesus
- To discuss and evaluate Christian responses to the modern State of Israel
- To provide study programmes and publications to further these aims and purpose
Areas of Study
- The Jewish origins of the Christian faith
- Jewish-Christian hermeneutics
- History of the Church and the Jewish people
- Responding to supersessionism (replacement theology)
- An accurate knowledge and understanding of the Middle East conflict
- Relationships between the Church, Jewish believers in Jesus and the Jewish people
- History, culture and geography of Israel
- Biblical Hebrew
Studies in these areas are available through the KEDS Certificate and Diploma in Jewish-Christian Studies and the Biblical Hebrew programme.