Journey Paper: Kirk Gliebe
I accepted Yeshua as my Messiah at the age of 15, in Santa Rosa, California. My parents, who had become believers before I was born, were from intermarried and secular Jewish backgrounds, but had come to faith in Yeshua and were members of a local evangelical church. Because of their coming to faith, I had…
Read MoreJourney Paper: Rachel Wolf
circa 1972 “I’M LOSING MY CHILDREN!!” This agonized cry came from my mother as I sat in the living room. My brother had become a radical SDS activist; I, a Messianic Jew. I think she feared for his life. But with me, it was different; it was as if the universe had suddenly been interrupted;…
Read MoreInterpreting Conversion: Nineteenth Century Messianic Jewish Leaders in the Struggle for Legitimacy
The influence of Christianity on the development of Jewish tradition and vice versa is a well debated subject among scholars. Among them are Jewish historians Daniel Boyarin and Israel Yuval who focus on Rabbinic Judaism’s self-construction in reaction and opposition to Christianity.1 However, despite the concession of some scholars of Jewish history to the presence…
Read MoreChosen? Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Walter Brueggemann
A review by Rabbi Russell Resnik When I first learned that Walter Brueggemann had written a book opposing Zionism and questioning modern Israel’s claim to the land of Israel, I was troubled. Brueggemann is an outstanding Christian scholar of the Old Testament and a highly credible voice. After I read the book, though, I was…
Read MoreJewish Law in Gentile Churches by Markus Brockmuehl
A Review by Jason Moraff In this collection of essays, Markus Bockmuehl seeks to illuminate how Jewish halakhah undergirds the foundation of what became Christian public ethical discourse. The book is divided into three major sections ordered mostly chronologically, beginning with Yeshua1 himself, then the apostles and early Jesus movement, and then the early patristic…
Read MoreFrom the Editor – Issue 28
Dear Kesher Friends, Hashivenu is a Messianic Jewish theological forum, which operates on the cutting edge of Messianic Jewish thinking. We are pleased to present in this Issue the Hashivenu papers that graced their conference in 2014, plus one paper by Mark Kinzer, the President of Hashivenu, which was read at the 2011 Hashivenu Conference.…
Read MoreExploring Our Responsibility for Earth’s Resources: Shaping an Eco-Ethicological Approach for Discussion
[E]very sprout and leaf says something meaningful, every stone whispers some hidden message in the silence – every creation sings its song. – Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook 2 I. Introduction: Building Blocks We begin our journey toward an understanding of cosmology and our responsibility for the Earth, supported by ethics mined from Scripture. Since it is…
Read MoreResponse to Elliot Klayman’s Article: Julie Goodman
“Exploring Our Responsibility for Earth’s Resources: Shaping an Eco-Ethicological Approach for Discussion” By Julie Goodman Introduction To begin I am grateful to not only be here at Hashivenu once again but to also have the honor of responding to Elliot Klayman’s paper. Elliot – brilliant. I really didn’t know what to expect and I am…
Read MoreResponse to Elliot Klayman’s Article: Jason E. Palmer
“Exploring Our Responsibility for Earth’s Resources: Shaping an Eco-Ethicological Approach for Discussion” By Jason E. Palmer With his work, Exploring Our Responsibility For Earth’s Resources: Shaping an Eco-Ethicological Approach For Discussion, Elliot Klayman has initiated a profitable discussion about a subject that is of great personal interest to me. Furthermore, while engaging with the words…
Read MoreRejoinder to Jason Palmer and Julie Goodman’s Response Papers
First, I want to give a shout-out to Michael Schiffman who is responsible for suggesting my name to do this paper. There were times during the research and writing of the paper that I could not believe that a friend could do that to a friend. But there were other times that I was thankful…
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