Messianic Jews and their Holiday Practice; History, Analysis and Gentile Christian Interest - Edition Israelogie (EDIS)

Van de Poll, Evert W.

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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.

Book information

ISBN:	9783631658826
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint:	Peter Lang
Pub date:	21 Jan 2015
Edition:	1st edition
DEWEY:	263.0882899
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	323
Weight:	572g
Height:	158mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	25mm