Vol. 1, No. 1 (August 2001): Mysticism and Scriptural Reasoning: Messianism and Fulfillment
General Editors
William Elkins, Drew University
Kurt Anders Richardson, Boston University
Guest Editor
William Young, Loyola College in Maryland
Founding Editor
Peter Ochs, University of Virginia
A Word of Welcome
The General Editors
A Word on Wisdoms
William Elkins, Drew University
Editor’s Introduction
The Hope-Fulness of Scriptural Reasoning
William Young
Articles
“He is Our Peace”: The Letter to the Ephesians and the Theology of Fulfillment
David Ford, Cambridge University
Messianism in the Christian Kabbalah of Johann Kemper
Elliot Wolfson, New York University
The Reality of Tasawwuf In the Light of the Prophetic Model
Dr. Israr Ahmad
Responses
Fullness and Vagueness
Stephen Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland
Practicing Mysticism: Jews, Christians, and Muslims
James Buckley, Loyola College in Maryland
The Songs of Strangers
William Elkins, Drew University
On Knowing the End: Some Questions for David Ford
Lewis Ayres, Chandler School of Theology, Emory University
On “Messianism in the Christian Kabbalah” by Elliot Wolfson
Kris Lindbeck, Trinity College (Texas)
“He is our peace”: The Letter to the Ephesians and the Theology of Fulfillment by David Ford
Kris Lindbeck, Trinity College (Texas)
Pragmatism and the Limits of the Plain Sense
William Stacy Johnson, Princeton Theological Seminary
Eschatology and Social Ethics: The Limits of Typology
Barry Harvey, Baylor University
Negotiating Traditions and Transitions: A Response to Elliot R. Wolfson and David F. Ford
Robert Gibbs, University of Toronto
The Promise and Limits of Doing Scriptural Reasoning on a Christian “Rabbinic” Text
Stephen Kepnes, Colgate University
Jewish and Christian Intertextuality and Welcoming Islam
Peter Ochs, University of Virginia
Turnings within the Society for Scriptural Reasoning: A Response to Ford, Wolfson, et al.
Robert A. Cathey, McCormick Theological Seminary
Discussion
Encountering Mysticism: Esotericism and Practice in Three Traditions
William Young, Loyola College in Maryland