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The 40th anniversary of the study program <i>Studium in Israel</i> was the occasion to take a look at Jewish-Christian dialogue and at research in Rabbinic literature asking for the situation today and for future perspectives. The first theme was central at the annual conference of <i>Studium in Israel</i> in Hannover in January 2018, the second theme at a conference at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 2018. This volume collects the papers of both conferences and adds some more papers on the themes mentioned. With its two foci - Jewish-Christian dialogue and Rabbinic literature - it reproduces the central movement of the study program <i>Studium in Israel</i> Christians enter into dialogue with Jews and get into contact with traditional Jewish literature, its relevance for a deeper understanding of the partner in dialogue and its richness for Christian theology.