The Two Shall Become One Flesh: The Beginning and End of Marriage
By Russ Resnik
Some Pharisees came to Yeshua, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father…
Response to Rabbi Russ Resnik’s Paper: Boaz Michael
By Boaz Michael
It was refreshing for me to read through Russ Resnik’s discussion on marriage and to contemplate his perspectives. What was so encouraging was his treatment of the biblical texts – drawing out what I would define as a fairly traditional approach. I felt strengthened to stand on the foundation of Scripture, and I realized that…
Response to Rabbi Russ Resnik’s Paper: Rabbi Stuart Dauermann
By Stuart Dauermann
As I read it, I very much admired the construction, tone, erudition and quality of Rabbi Resnik’s paper. It was a mature work from a mature man. But I want to share with you some cautionary thoughts, what Rabbi Rich Nichol terms “the water under the ice.” And just as water under the ice may…
Rejoinder to Rabbi Stuart Dauermann’s and Boaz Michael’s Response Papers
By Russ Resnik
Rabbi Stuart Dauermann and Boaz Michael have been valued friends of mine for years, and I greatly appreciate them both as thinkers and teachers. So it is an honor to read and learn from their responses to my paper. Before addressing Stuart’s main criticism, namely that my effort to develop a definition of marriage is…
A Messianic Jewish View of Divorce
By Vered Hillel
Oceans of ink and forests of trees have given their substance for the plethora of biblical commentaries, books and articles written on the subject of divorce. Yet there is no definitive statement on the subject. Although both Judaism’s and Christianity’s position toward divorce can be traced to the same sources and context – Tanakh and…
Response to Dr. Vered Hillel’s Paper: Rabbi Rich Nichol
By Rich Nichol
Dr. Vered Hillel is one of my heroes. Rarely have I encountered a person with the demonstrated erudition, work ethic, heart for people, humility, passion for building the Kingdom of God, and sechel that I experience as we work together together at MJTI. So, it is a great joy for me to respond to her…
Rejoinder to Rabbi Rich Nichol’s Response Paper
By Vered Hillel
First I would like to acknowledge Rabbi Rich for addressing practical points that I did not develop in the paper. I want to thank him for enlarging upon what I wrote. Rabbi Rich’s response was challenging to me at first. However, after reading and re-reading his response, I began to understand his statements and point…
Journey Paper: Kirk Gliebe
By Kirk Gliebe
I accepted Yeshua as my Messiah at the age of 15, in Santa Rosa, California. My parents, who had become believers before I was born, were from intermarried and secular Jewish backgrounds, but had come to faith in Yeshua and were members of a local evangelical church. Because of their coming to faith, I had…
Journey Paper: Rachel Wolf
By Rachel Wolf
circa 1972 “I’M LOSING MY CHILDREN!!” This agonized cry came from my mother as I sat in the living room. My brother had become a radical SDS activist; I, a Messianic Jew. I think she feared for his life. But with me, it was different; it was as if the universe had suddenly been interrupted;…
Interpreting Conversion: Nineteenth Century Messianic Jewish Leaders in the Struggle for Legitimacy
By Iemima Ploscariu
The influence of Christianity on the development of Jewish tradition and vice versa is a well debated subject among scholars. Among them are Jewish historians Daniel Boyarin and Israel Yuval who focus on Rabbinic Judaism’s self-construction in reaction and opposition to Christianity.1 However, despite the concession of some scholars of Jewish history to the presence…
Book Review
Chosen? Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Walter Brueggemann
By Russ Resnik
A review by Rabbi Russell Resnik When I first learned that Walter Brueggemann had written a book opposing Zionism and questioning modern Israel’s claim to the land of Israel, I was troubled. Brueggemann is an outstanding Christian scholar of the Old Testament and a highly credible voice. After I read the book, though, I was…
Book Review
Jewish Law in Gentile Churches by Markus Brockmuehl
By Jason Moraff
A Review by Jason Moraff In this collection of essays, Markus Bockmuehl seeks to illuminate how Jewish halakhah undergirds the foundation of what became Christian public ethical discourse. The book is divided into three major sections ordered mostly chronologically, beginning with Yeshua1 himself, then the apostles and early Jesus movement, and then the early patristic…
