Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen: The Resurrected Messiah, the Jewish People, and the Land of Promise by Mark S. Kinzer
Reviewed by Akiva Cohen Mark Kinzer has established himself as one of the most theologically articulate voices from within the community of Messianic Jewish scholars. His pioneering, provocative (in the best sense of the word), and sophisticated theological proposals have engaged a broad spectrum of issues, such as, Messianic Jewish identity, Oral Torah, eschatology,1 ecclesiology,…
Read MoreSpecial Report: Turning the Tide of Replacement Theology in Europe
Report on Vienna Theological Symposium, 11–13 July 2022 by James Patrick The parting of the ways between Judaism and Christianity in the first few centuries after Jesus has been gradually converging again in the past six decades. Christians have realized how Christian antisemitism contributed to the Holocaust, and also that Jesus and the first generation…
Read MoreMoses: A Human Life by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Reviewed by Rabbi Benjamin R.E. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s volume Moses: A Human Life,1 is both a continuation of her corpus of work as a biblical commentator and a part of the Jewish Lives biography series published by Yale University. In context of Zornberg’s wider collection of work, Moses: A Human Life is unique not so…
Read MoreKesher 25-Year Index
TITLE AUTHOR(S) SEASON & YEAR ISSUE /PAGE BIBLE Abraham, Hospitality Man David J. Rudolph Summer/Fall 2006 21/1 Beginning with the End: the Place of Eschatology in the Messianic Judaism Canonical Narrative Mark S. Kinzer Winter/Spring 2018 32/45 Cracking “The Bible Code” Robert C. Newman Winter 1999 8/112 Do You See What I See? An…
Read MoreFrom the Editor – Issue 16
This journal is a testimony to the maturity of the Messianic Movement and the growing influence of messianic leaders and scholars in the academy, the church and synagogue, and the wider Jewish world. Our contributors and subscribers are from a variety of backgrounds: some are messianic, while others are interested in the distinct voice of…
Read MoreThe Way of Life
A Vision I had a vision. A vision of our people turning toward the Messiah in unprecedented numbers. A vision of thousands of messianic congregations spreading across the world. A vision of a thriving messianic seminary where our young people can be trained to go forth with boldness, wisdom, and compassion. A vision where we,…
Read MoreFor Every Generation: Preaching As Imaginative Mediation Of Rabbinic Tradition
Though the history of preaching1 is rooted in the liturgical life of the ancient synagogue (which is amply evidenced in the Gospels and Acts), preaching does not play a prominent role in the worship of the modern synagogue.2 The synagogue service is a service of the heart, Avodah, in which prayer and the recitation of…
Read MoreJews And Palestinians: The Search For Justice And Reconciliation
This month my new book arrives in the bookstore and I am wondering whether its arrival is already too late. The subject matter is Israel and Palestine and carries two subtitles. The first, “Out of the Ashes,” is easily understood with the situation on the ground in the Middle East as it is today. During…
Read MoreDefining Messianic Judaism
Addendum 1: What Do We Mean By “Jewish“? The UMJC Theology Committee defines Messianic Judaism as a Jewish congregational movement for Messiah: Messianic Judaism is a movement of Jewish congregations and congre-gation-like groupings committed to Yeshua the Messiah that embrace the covenantal responsibility of Jewish life and identity rooted in Torah, expressed in tradition, and…
Read MoreThe Talmud’s Counter-Yeshua Narrative in Response to the Brit Hadashah
Introduction This study1 is based on the premise that the Talmud2 (Gemara) contains rabbinic responses to the gospel story, intended to neutralize the contention that Yeshua is the Jewish Messiah foretold by the prophets, expected by Second Temple period Jews, and announced in the New Testament (Brit Hadashah).3 To some extent, interchanges between Yeshua and…
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