Joseph Rabinowitz and the Messianic Movement

Joseph Rabinowitz and the Messianic Movement
Author: Kai Kjaer-Hansen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1995
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Joseph Rabinowitz (1837-1899) is one of the most remarkable figures of the recent history of Jewish Christianity. In the Russian town of Kishinev he set up a congregation which is called "The Israelites of the New Covenant". As a Jew who believed in Jesus, Rabinowitz insisted on his Jewish identity; that caused some problems which Messianic Jews of our day are familiar with. In 1888 Rabinowitz said, "I have two subjects with which I am absorbed: one, the Lord Jesus Christ; the other, Israel". This book gives insight into the recent history of Jewish Christianity and the controversial question of the identity of Messianic believers.

The Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain

The Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: Darby
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004216278

In nineteenth-century Britain the majority of Jewish believers in Christ worshipped in Gentile churches. Some attained ethnic and institutional independence. A few debated the implications of incorporating into their worship the observance of Jewish tradition, and advocated the theological and liturgical independence of Hebrew Christianity, characterised by opponents as the "scandal of particularity". Previous scholarship has documented several Hebrew Christian initiatives but this monograph breaks new ground by identifying almost forthy discrete institutions as components of a century-long movement. The book analyses the major pioneers, institutions and ideologies of this movement and recounts how, through identity negotiation, hebrew Christians - and also their Gentile supporters - prepared the way for the development in the twentieth century of Messianic Judaism.

Introduction to Messianic Judaism

Introduction to Messianic Judaism
Author: Zondervan,
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310555663

This book is the go-to source for introductory information on Messianic Judaism. Editors David Rudolph and Joel Willitts have assembled a thorough examination of the ecclesial context and biblical foundations of the diverse Messianic Jewish movement. Unique among similar works in its Jew-Gentile partnership, this book brings together a team of respected Messianic Jewish and Gentile Christian scholars, including Mark Kinzer, Richard Bauckham, Markus Bockmuehl, Craig Keener, Darrell Bock, Scott Hafemann, Daniel Harrington, R. Kendall Soulen, Douglas Harink and others. Opening essays, written by Messianic Jewish scholars and synagogue leaders, provide a window into the on-the-ground reality of the Messianic Jewish community and reveal the challenges, questions and issues with which Messianic Jews grapple. The following predominantly Gentile Christian discussion explores a number of biblical and theological issues that inform our understanding of the Messianic Jewish ecclesial context. Here is a balanced and accessible introduction to the diverse Messianic Jewish movement that both Gentile Christian and Messianic Jewish readers will find informative and fascinating.

The Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain

The Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: Michael R. Darby
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004184554

This monograph analyses almost forty Hebrew Christian institutions - and the ideology of their founders - in nineteenth-century Britain, components of a century-long movement which were to varying degrees characteristic, through identity negotiation, of ehtnic, institutional, theological and liturgical independence.

The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements

The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements
Author: Peter Hocken
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317039068

This book explores the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, tracing their development and their variety. Hocken shows how these movements of the Holy Spirit, both outside the mainline churches and as renewal currents within the churches, can be understood as mutually challenging and as complementary. The similarities and the differences are significant. The Messianic Jewish movement possesses elements of both the new and the old. Addressing the issues of modernity and globalization, this book explores major phenomena in contemporary Christianity including the relationship between the new churches and entrepreneurial capitalism.

Postmissionary Messianic Judaism

Postmissionary Messianic Judaism
Author: Mark Kinzer
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1587431521

Agues for the irrevocable election of Israel and a bold, bridging role--between Judaism and the Gentile church--for the Messianic Jewish movement.

Converging Destinies

Converging Destinies
Author: Stuart Dauermann
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625646143

While all have reason to celebrate the greening of Christian-Jewish relations since the Shoah and the promulgation of Nostra Aetate (4), few will deny that much work remains to be done by Christians and Jews seeking the best way forward that they might best serve God's purposes in the world, the mission of God. This book addresses that need by first surveying how each community has historically conceived of its own mission and from that stance assigned an identity to the other. The text illuminates how such construals have often impeded progress and therefore need to be upgraded and supplemented. But how shall this be done? Converging Destinies proposes an eschatological vision and practical suggestions to summon Jews and Christians to prepare for that day when each will be both commended and reproved by the judge of all, sounding a call for more determined action, greater humility, and cooperative effort as together Jews and Christians serve the mission of God, accountable to him for how they have served him and each other in the world that he has created according to his will.

On the Edge

On the Edge
Author: Albert W. Wardin Jr.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 866
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 163087115X

How indigenous was the Evangelical Free Church movement in Tsarist Russia? Was it simply a foreign import? To what extent did it threaten the political stability of the nation and encroach upon the existing Russian and German churches? On the Edge examines the efforts of the regimes to suppress the movement and how the movement not only survived but also expanded. To what extent did the movement bring upon itself unnecessary opposition because of aggressiveness and tactics? Albert Wardin describes the contributions the movement made to the religious life of Russia and examines its numerical success.

Jews and Christians Together

Jews and Christians Together
Author: Christian van Gorder
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2020-08-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532690096

Rabbi Gordon Fuller and Dr. Christian van Gorder are committed to helping people of both faith traditions gain, as far as is possible, a participant's appreciation of those from the other community. This means addressing misconceptions and misrepresentations as well as challenging widely held assumptions. Jews and Christians Together delves into the strained relationship between these two faith communities and exposes why these communities need to come to a better understanding and appreciation of the other. Events such as the attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania demonstrate why society must address and foil anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism wherever and whenever such views appear. The efforts of Fuller and van Gorder to explore these issues with their own faith communities can provide a helpful starting-point to confront trends of increasing hate and bigotry towards Jews today. Fuller and van Gorder ask us to acknowledge the marred history of Christianity and anti-Semitism, so that we can explore healthy Jewish-Christian dialogue and gain a shared and constructive mutual respect.