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 After all, he seems to be indicating that my job is obsolete!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 the title of the book was not intended to be disrespectful to the Jewish missions community. In fact, Kinzer believes that the modern Messianic movement owes a debt of gratitude to the recent work of Jewish missions.
Kinzer is to be congratulated for formulating a coherent and consistent understanding of Messianic Judaism in this book. I am sure it