Review by Rich Robinson The newest offering from prolific Messianic Jewish theologian Mark Kinzer brings us a collection of his essays, most of which have been adapted from existing print or oral presentations, although some have not been previously published.1 All are introduced at the start by Jennifer Rosner, who also helpfully provides a summary…

Review by Jon C. Olson   The books under review adopt a common approach to Torah study. Marty Solomon was a student of Rabbi Fohrman. Rabbi David Fohrman Rabbi Fohrman presents an approach to learning Torah based upon close reading of Scripture in concert with Midrash. I find him fresh and engaging. Genesis,1 Exodus,2 and…

Reviewed by Stephen Burnhope   Gabriel Gordon describes himself as “a Jewish Anglo-Orthodox Episcopal follower of Yeshua.”1 He is currently a graduate student at Marquette University. Through his Southern Baptist upbringing, he is also (as the title suggests) a former fundamentalist — or as he prefers to say, a recovering fundamentalist — concerning which he…

Review by Rich Robinson   At several levels, in his recent book A Jewish Paul (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023), Matt Thiessen shows himself to be an innovative, creative, and stimulating conversation partner. Thiessen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The aim of his book is “to familiarize a…

Review by Russ Resnik Amy-Jill (“AJ”) Levine is a prominent scholar and academic, Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University, the first Jew to teach New Testament at Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute, and coeditor of the Jewish Annotated New Testament. In recent years, she has produced a number of popular and accessible studies in…

Reviewed by Christopher S. Morrissey This handsome hardcover volume contains a collection of essential studies by the Jacques Maritain scholar Walter Schultz. It offers readers a splendid synoptic view of the trajectory of Schultz’s academic work, from his Ph.D. dissertation on Maritain’s social thought to his discovery of the project of Rabbi Mark S. Kinzer…

Reviewed by Richard Harvey Jewish Church1 is not for the faint-hearted. Not only does it weigh in at 416 pages, but it costs $125 in hardback and $50 on Kindle, a serious financial investment. The time to read it, and the careful study required to understand it, mean that anyone delving into it is making…

Reviewed by Russ Resnik A sea-change in Jewish-Christian relations since World War II is undeniable. The two world-wide communities that for many centuries saw themselves as adversaries and often behaved accordingly have in recent decades been seeking peace and understanding. But one of the ironies of Jewish-Christian dialogue is that Messianic Jews have generally been…