Research Catalog

Title

Messianic Jewish manifesto / by David H. Stern.

Author

Stern, David H., 1935-

Publication

Jerusalem, Israel : Jewish New Testament Publications ; Gaithersburg, MD, USA : Distribution outside Israel by Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, c1991.

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Description

296 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Subject

• Jews for Jesus
• Jewish Christians

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Destiny. The high calling of God ; Plan of the book ; Challenges ; Manifesto ; Echoes -- Identity. Why Messianic Judaism? ; "Messianic Jew" definitions ; Terminology -- History. History : the key to everything ; Israel, church, Messianic Jews ; Messianic Judaism and history ; Messianic Judaism and Jewish history ; Messianic Judaism and the church ; Messianic Jewish history ; Jewish-Christian relations ; Are Messianic Jews "Christians"? -- Theology. The need for Messianic Jewish systematic theology ; Introductory observations ; Theology proper ; Sin, atonement, faith, works ; The people of God : covenants, corporateness, promises and the gospel ; Eschatology ; Inspiration and authority of scripture ; Apologetics -- Torah. Torah incognita ; The Torah of the Messiah, a tree of life ; Halakhic issues in Messianic Judaism -- Holiness. The weight of holiness ; Planning versus holiness? ; Three levels of holiness ; Holy implies saved, and vice versa ; Power -- Program. The Messianic Jewish community today ; Programmatics and Messianic Judaism ; Institutions we need ; Literature we need ; Messianic Judaism and Israel ; Which direction? -- Appendix : restoring the Jewishness of the gospel. Introduction ; Contextualization versus restoration ; Presuppositions to resotring the Jewishness of the gospel ; Blessings -- Appendix : aliyah update.

OCLC

• 25301828
• SCSB-12837664

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library