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Why & How >
Reflections > Rabbi Barry D. Cytron, PhD Rabbi Barry D. Cytron, PhDDirector Commissioning The
Saint John’s Bible at this moment in history is not only right for
Saint John’s Abbey, the Benedictine monastic heritage and the larger
Christian world, it is right as a way of furthering the strong bonds between
the Jewish faith and those three traditions. After all, since the
very beginnings, the Jewish faith has celebrated the hand written Word.
The Torah scrolls comprising the Five Books of Moses, used throughout
the liturgical week, must be hand written. In many communities, it is
traditional to read the Prophets, as well as selected books from the Writings,
from calligraphed scrolls. Our most precious life cycle events, those
celebrating the sanctity of marriage and the home, have been likewise
recorded for posterity on individually written parchments. As a testimony to the life of God’s Word in both Judaism and Christianity, as a way of celebrating the fullness of this moment in the Christian faith, and as an uncommonly powerful symbol of the intersections of the Jewish and Christian faiths, I can think of no finer, more elegant, more timely project than this one. I salute the community of Saint Benedict’s on its dazzling decision to commission The Saint John’s Bible. |
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