The Woolf Institute is a research institute

Research institute

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 based in Cambridge, UK

Cambridge

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, for teaching, research and dialogue in the encounter between Jews, Christians and Muslims.

It is an umbrella organisation for the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (CJCR) founded in 1998 and the The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CMJR)

The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CMJR)

The Centre for Muslim Jewish Relations , based at Wesley House, is dedicated to the study and teaching of Muslim-Jewish Relations and the promotion of interfaith dialogue...

, established in 2006. The Woolf Institute is named in honour of Lord Harry Woolf

Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf

Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC, FBA, , born 2 May 1933, was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales...

, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

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 http://www.faithcommunities.org.uk/5.html.

Teaching

The Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (CJCR) offers a University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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 Master of Studies

Master of Studies

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 degree in Jewish-Christian Relations, in conjunction with the University's Faculty of Divinity and, since 1998, a Master of Arts in Jewish-Chrsitian Relations validated by Anglia Ruskin University.

The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CMJR)

The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CMJR)

The Centre for Muslim Jewish Relations , based at Wesley House, is dedicated to the study and teaching of Muslim-Jewish Relations and the promotion of interfaith dialogue...

 offers a certificate in Muslim-Jewish Relations.

Research

Completed and current research projects at the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths include:

• A Dictionary of Jewish–Christian Relations http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521826926, Edited by E. Kessler and N. Wenborn. This 3-year project (2001–2004) was funded by the British Academy
  British Academy
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   and based in CARTS
  Cart
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   (Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge). The Dictionary, published by Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press
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   in 2005, is an A to Z companion of approximately 700 entries covering the 2,000 years of encounter between Judaism and Christianity.
• The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity. This 3-year project (2005–08) is funded by The Leverhulme Trust
  Leverhulme Trust
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   and The Newton Trust and is based in CARTS. The team has examined the relationship between rabbinic and patristic biblical commentators in their interpretation of the Book of Genesis. The results are being presented in a single-volume book, published by Brill.

Dialogue

Under the 'Dialogue' arm of its work, the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths delivers public outreach programmes. These have included:

• Children of Zion: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on the Holy Land. This project is an exploration into the language used for and around the 'Holy Land' by Daniel Langton
  Daniel Langton
  Daniel Langton is Professor of the History of Jewish-Christian Relation in the department of Religions & Theology at the University of Manchester, England. His books include:...
  
  .
• A Call to Dialogue was a letter facilitated by the Muslim scholars of the CMJR in February 2008 addressed to the Jewish Community intended as a gesture of goodwill. Its aim was to build upon existing relations in order to improve mutual understanding and to further the positive work in building bridges between Muslims and Jews. The letter was received with both criticism and praise.
• Home Office
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  funded programmes. Short courses designed to build interfaith skills for people working in and with faith communities delivered in 2008 (London, East of England and Nottingham) and 2009 (Cambridge and London).

External Links

• http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk