Messianic Jews and their Holiday Practice

Evert W. van de Poll

ISBN 10: 3631658826 / ISBN 13: 9783631658826

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jan 2015, 2015

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Neuware -Celebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among Gentile Christians. This practice arose in the struggle of Hebrew Christians in the 19 century against «Christian assimilation». From the 1970s onwards, a new generation of Messianic Jews identified strongly with their people¿s socio-cultural heritage, including the practice of Sabbath, Pesach and other Jewish holidays. A thorough analysis of calendars, reinterpretations, observances and motives shows that this is a novel, Christian-Judaic practice. Why and how do Gentile Christians adopt it To return to «Jewish roots» What does this term stand for As the author takes up these questions, he shows that this is rather a contextualisation of the Gospel. 324 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Messianic Jews and their Holiday Practice
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jan 2015
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631658826
• ISBN 13: 9783631658826
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu

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Celebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among Gentile Christians. This practice arose in the struggle of Hebrew Christians in the 19th century against «Christian assimilation». From the 1970s onwards, a new generation of Messianic Jews identified strongly with their people’s socio-cultural heritage, including the practice of Sabbath, Pesach and other Jewish holidays. A thorough analysis of calendars, reinterpretations, observances and motives shows that this is a novel, Christian-Judaic practice. Why and how do Gentile Christians adopt it? To return to «Jewish roots»? What does this term stand for? As the author takes up these questions, he shows that this is rather a contextualisation of the Gospel.

Informazioni sull?autore

Evert W. van de Poll teaches Religious studies and Missiology at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven (Belgium). He is a pastor working in the Federation of Evangelical Baptist Churches in France. His recent research has resulted in the publication of Europe and the Gospel: past influences, current developments and mission challenges. All the while, he has taken and still takes a special interest in the Jewish Christian relations, especially in the movement of Jesus-believing Jews of which he is a keen observer.