Introduction: The reansformative work of Michael A. Signer / Franklin T. Harkins -- The making of a medievalist / Arnold J. Band -- The end of the law : a significant difference between Judaism and Christianity / David Novak -- Christianity in Talmud and midrash : parallelomania or parallelophobia? / Israel Jacob Yuval -- The Psalms at the Abbey of Saint-Victor / Grover A. Zinn -- Historia and sensus litteralis / Dale M. Counter -- The harmony of simmilar and dissimilar things / Boyd Taylor Coolman -- "Following with unequal step" / Franklin T. Harkins -- "And Rebekah loved Jacob, " but why? / Deborah L. Goodwin -- Two introductions by Rabbi Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam) / Sara Japhet -- Wandering to the end : the medieval Christian context to the wandering Jew / E. Ann Matter -- Hugh of St. Cher and medieval collaboration / Lesley Smith -- Wesse Gansfort's (1419-1489) use of Hebrew / Arjo Vanderjagt -- "The guardian of Israel neither dozes nor sleeps" / Jeremy Cojen -- "To get to know, to understand, and to respect each other" / Peter von der Osten-Sacken -- Biblical and historical perspectives on the "people of God" / Angela Kim Harkins -- Rabbi Hayim David Halevi on Christianity and Christians / David Ellenson -- Michael Signer's theological philosophy of the plain sense / Peter Ochs -- Can we speak of a theological bond between Christians and Jews? / John T. Pawlikowski -- Philosemitism and "judaizing" in the contemporary church / David Fox Sandmel -- Contempt for the Jews and disregard for the Old Testament / Hanspeter Heinz.