Needed Literature for Messianic Judaism: A Proposal
Imagine a publisher for Messianic Judaism where much of the content is available free for download or at low cost for print. Imagine a publisher of Yeshua-Centered materials for Jewish living. It’s an idea that has been forming in my…
Grace: Uses, Misuses, and the Bliss of the Real Thing
For years I have avoided using the perfectly good word grace. It
Shavuot (Pentecost): Basics and Beyond
As I write this, we are counting down the days to Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, or as it is known in the New Testament and other Greek writings: Pentecost. Tonight, after sundown, we counted the 19th day of the…
#3 in The Hebrew Bible Speaks: Introduction
Starting April 1, I began posting chapters for a book I am writing online. Perhaps when I have more material, I will create a site just for this book. Meanwhile know that the postings are not in order. This third…
Messianic Jewish Musings Featured on Jesus Creed
I am a regular reader of North Park University’s Scot McKnight’s blog: Jesus Creed. I am also a fan of many of Professor McKnight’s books (though we don’t see eye to eye on everything — but who does?). Anyway, it…
A Recent Comment and a Response to a Book Review
I got a comment from a reader named Jeff by email. He says: I enjoy your blog, and many of the books you review end up in my Amazon wish-list. Reading your blog has become a little expensive That was…
Is Your Messianic Judaism Too Small?
What is the future vision of your Messianic Judaism? I ask this because it seems to me that some people and groups I run across don
Ancient Inscriptions Bearing on the Hebrew Bible
Epigraphy is not a word you toss out over a Starbucks. It
Hell in the New Testament
Part of my journey in the past five years has been re-assessing what I think I know about life, God, the Bible, and theology. It has been a particularly fruitful time, this half decade. Paradigms should be questioned and knowledge…
Textual Criticism and the Hebrew Bible
I have five loves in terms of study and scholarship: theology, rabbinics, New Testament, Second Temple Jewish literature, and Hebrew Bible studies. You might not know it from Messianic Jewish Musings, but my greatest area of competence is actually in…
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