Convergence and Asymmetry: Observations on the Current State of Jewish-Christian Dialogue

This is the version accepted for publication. It has not been copyedited or typeset. It may have been altered following reviewers' recommendations. It will probably be subject to further changes during the copyediting, design and typesetting processes at which point it will become the Version of Record.Drawing on a survey of forty-five statements on the status of Jewish- Christian dialogue, this article argues that the theme of convergence which underlies a substantial portion of this dialogue programme arises from an asymmetric power relationship, in which Christian institutions have been insufficiently attentive to the issue of Jewish self-understanding