The Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies is part
of the ISIRC (Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religions and Cultures), and at the same time maintains and
develops its own identity.
In collaboration with the Faculties of Theology
and Philosophy of the Pontifical Gregorian University,
with the Pontifical Biblical Institute,
and with academic centres in Italy and abroad, it
offers a variety of courses, lectures, conferences,
and other programmes, including a specialisation in
Judaic Studies, that offers a diploma and Master of
Arts. Many of these initiatives are geared not only
toward students and faculty of the Gregorian University,
but are also addressed to a broader public.
The Centre bases itself on the spiritual patrimony
common to Christians and Jews, and has as its aim
to “promote between them the mutual knowledge
and esteem that come above all from biblical and theological
studies and from a fraternal dialogue” (Vatican
II, Nostra Aetate 4). |
