Issue 20 - Winter/Spring 2006


This issue of Kesher offers a forum on the ongoing dialogue on the nature and direction of Messianic Judaism. Dr. Mark Kinzer’s new book Postmissionary Messianic Judaism: Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People serves as a catalyst for this dia-logue. Kinzer’s Postmissionary Messianic Judaism seeks to redefine Messianic Judaism in terms of its relationship with Judaism and Christianity and has received wide recognition due to its publication by a mainstream academic publisher.

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In This Issue This issue of Kesher offers a forum on the ongoing dialogue on the nature and direction of Messianic Judaism. Dr. Mark Kinzer’s new book Postmissionary Messianic Judaism: Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People serves as a cataly...
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A Synopsis of Mark Kinzer's Post-Missionary Messianic Judaism This issue of Kesher is dedicated to fostering discussion about Mark S. Kinzer’s new work Postmissionary Messianic Judaism: Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People. Kinzer, an ordained rabbi of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congr...
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A Response by David H. Stern Mark Kinzer has written an original, broad and deep study of ecclesiology, presenting a paradigm shift in how to understand the relationships between the church, the Jewish people, and Messianic Jews....
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A Response by Daniel C. Juster Mark Kinzer has recently authored a very important book on Messianic Judaism. The book is clearly and logically presented and persuasive, however, I do have some disagreements.  
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A Response by Mitch Glaser As a career missionary, I read the title of Mark Kinzer’s new book, Postmissionary Messianic Judaism, with some consternation. After all, he seems to be indicating that my job is obsolete! However, Kinzer has made it clear in conversation that ...
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A Response by R. Kendall Soulen Good books, though rare enough, are more common than important books. Mark Kinzer has written a good and important book. Kinzer writes lucidly and argues his case clearly and cogently. He is fair-minded and judicious in dealing with the evidence he c...
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A Response by Douglas K. Harink I believe Mark Kinzer’s Postmissionary Messianic Judaism makes a timely, groundbreaking and crucial theological contribution in several respects: 1. It reflects and contributes to the theological maturing of Messianic Judaism; 2. It challenges ...
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A Response by Peter Hocken As a Catholic friend and close observer of the Messianic Jewish movement, I want to give a warm welcome to Mark Kinzer’s new book Postmissionary Messianic Judaism. My reasons for this welcome are as follows. First, for seeking to provide a dist...
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Rejoinder to Responses to Post-Missionary Messianic Judaism I must begin by thanking Kesher, and my esteemed reviewers, for awarding Postmissionary Messianic Judaism such serious attention. I can only hope that the book will receive similar treatment within our movement as a whole, as well as within the wider...
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Besorah
Matthew's Genealogy: A Paradigm for Israel's Restoration
Matthew’s version of Yeshua’s genealogy (1: 1-17) has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly two millennia. The church fathers as well as modern critical scholars have focused their attention on the genealogy’s historical r...
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Ancient Literature
Comparing Portions of Qumran Literature with Pharasaic Characteristics
In search of the nature of the community through examination of its approach to Sabbath laws and angels. 
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Book Review
Abraham's Promise: Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations
by Michael Wyschogrod; edited and Introduction by R. Kendall Soulen GRAND RAPIDS: EERDMANS PRESS ©2004 Reviewed by Russ Resnik Modern Orthodox scholar Michael Wyschogrod considers Messianic Jews to be all wrong about Y...
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