Defining Messianic Judaism – A Commentary
(Summer 2002, revised March 2004) Recently I was leafing through the catalog of a major Christian book supplier and came across a section they had termed "Messianic Judaism." There were a few books in this section, but most of its space was given to a nice selection of tallitot and kippot, challah covers and candleholders, along with an offering of tambourines and shofars. This supplier may be sympathetic to Messianic Judaism, but it treats the movement like a song-and-dance show. Likewise, we can all think of a bearded friend dressed mostly in black, who was not raised in a Jewish home, h