For students who have some familiarity with Judaism, there is no better introduction to traditional Jewish (read ‘rabbinic’ as opposed to ‘philosophic’) understanding of religious pluralism than Alan Brill’s essay. Brill, an Orthodox rabbi who received his Ph.D. from Fordham University and currently teaches at Yeshiva University is one of a small group of traditional Jews who are writing on religious pluralism.

For a more Liberal perspective, Judaism and Other Faiths articulates a view of Judaism as an inherently “pluriform ” religious tradition. Cohn-Sherbok is a Reform rabbi, and Professor of Jewish Theology and Director of the Centre for the Study of the World’s Religions at the University of Wales at Lampeter. He received a Doctorate in Philosophy from Cambridge University and a Doctorate of Divinity from the Hebrew Union College. He is author or editor of over 60 books including The Jewish Heritage, The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica, Modern Judaism, Judaism and Other Faiths, and World Religions and Human Liberation.

A collection of essays that reflect on Heschel’s attitude towards the religious other. Heschel’s main focus was on Jewish attitudes toward Christianity.