Objectives : This course introduces students to the writings of three major Jewish theologians of the twentieth century and explores how their reflections illuminate contemporary Christian thinking about the Covenant. It seeks to introduce students to key Jewish covental perspectives and to consider their importance for Christian theology, especially in the context of contemporary Jewish Christian dialogue and the Christian affirmation of a “Never revoked Covenant”.

Learning Outcomes: The course provides a respectful and intellectually open space in which students are invited to engage with personal and existential theological questions, and to dare to question, articulate, and debate their own theological assumptions within a framework of academic rigor and mutual respect.

Content : The course opens with an introduction to classical covenant theology in both Judaism and Christianity. From this shared theological framework, the course then turns to the ways in which the Shoah radically unsettled traditional understandings of divine presence and covenantal faithfulness. Confronted with radical evil and divine silence, Jewish theologians were compelled to articulate bold and audacious reconfigurations of the covenant under unprecedented historical conditions. These reflections, in turn, invite Christian theology to engage, respond, and rethink questions of faith, responsibility, and the possibility of hope after Auschwitz, including a critical re-examination of the Christian theology of the enduring and never revoked covenant with Israel.

Methodology : The course is based on close reading of selected theological texts. Class sessions will combine guided textual analysis with structured discussion, allowing students to engage directly with primary sources and to reflect on how these Jewish theological developments have influenced contemporary Christian theology and continue to shape Jewish Christian dialogue.

Means of Evaluation : The evaluation will take the form of an Elaborato.