Ebenezer House

The Salon with Professor Jon D. Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard Divinity School. The figure of Abraham, known primarily from the Book of Genesis, is often described as the common father of Jews and Christians and thus the founder of a “Judeo-Christian tradition.” Judaism and Christianity have, however, often interpreted the Abrahamic narratives of Genesis in ways that are different and sometimes diametrically opposed. To complicate the picture even more, some currents in both traditions sound themes that are actually more characteristic of the other one, and this should warn both communities against oversimplifying their own