Toward Paul’s Ephesians 2 Vision of the One New Man: Navigating Around Hebrew Roots and Replacement Theologies

Tens of thousands of Gentile followers of Yeshua have participated in the Messianic movement since the 1970s and have embraced aspects of Jewish life. Often it begins with a visit to a Shabbat service and then a Jewish festival. Next, wearing a tallit, keeping kosher, and hanging a mezuzah by the front door. How are these life-changing decisions made? What are the motivations involved? And what principles guide the Gentile believer’s approach to observing Jewish traditions? My ad hoc experience has been that few Gentile believers receive from Messianic synagogue leaders the theological and p