Posts by Rich Robinson

Reviewed by Rich Robinson   Summary Brian Crawford’s new book represents the fruit of several years of thinking about Jewish apologetics. It comes with hearty endorsements from Richard Harvey, Darrell Bock, Mitch Glaser and others who are known to many readers of Kesher, and also from an Orthodox Jew who is not a follower of…

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 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…