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Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 5 (2009) 246–269 263 Mark S. Kinzer, Post-Missionary Messianic Judaism: Redefi ning Christian Engagement with the Jewish People (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2005), $30.00. 310 pp. ISBN 1-58743-152-1 (pbk). In the last fi fty years there have been many attempts to redefi ne the compel- ling but problematic relationship between Jews and Christians and it is now rare to fi nd a book which takes a radically new approach. One aspect of the relationship which is usually ignored, generally because it off ers further oppor- tunities for discord and tension, is that of the Jew who converts to Christianity while retaining as fully as possible all aspects of her Jewish identity and prac- tice. In Post-Missionary Messianic Judaism we have a brave attempt to address diffi cult, even unacceptable, historic approaches to Judaism by means of exploring the nature of Messianic Judaism itself. Kinzer acknowledges that he has set himself a diffi cult task. Christians of various theological hues, not to mention Jewish communities, are often instinctively wary, if not openly hostile, towards the concept of Messianic Judaism. Kinzer is too polite to describe this as a ‘prejudice’; rather he sets out to
Ecclesiology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009
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