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Covenant and the People of God gathers twenty-four essays from friends and colleagues of Messianic Jewish theologian and New Testament scholar Mark S. Kinzer, in honor of his seventieth birthday. The essays are organized around two... more
Covenant and the People of God gathers twenty-four essays from friends and colleagues of Messianic Jewish theologian and New Testament scholar Mark S. Kinzer, in honor of his seventieth birthday. The essays are organized around two central themes that have animated Kinzer's work: the nature of the covenant and what it means to be the people of God. The volume includes fascinating discussions of some of the most sensitive areas related to Jewish-Christian dialogue, post-supersessionist interpretation of Scripture, and the theological shape of Messianic Judaism. Among the contributors are scholars working in North America, Europe, and Israel. They include: Gabriele Boccaccini, Douglas A. Campbell, Holly Taylor Coolman, Gavin D'Costa, Jean-Miguel Garrigues, Douglas Harink, Richard Harvey, Vered Hillel, Jonathan Kaplan, Daniel Keating, Amy-Jill Levine, Antoine Levy, Gerald McDermott, Michael C. Mulder, David M. Neuhaus, Isaac W. Oliver, Ephraim Radner, Jennifer M. Rosner, David J. Rudolph, Thomas Schumacher, Faydra L. Shapiro, R. Kendall Soulen, Lee B. Spitzer, and Etienne Veto.
Introduction to Messianic Judaism provides a description of what the Messianic Jewish community looks like today at its center and on its margins. The first section of the book traces the ecclesial contours of the community, providing a... more
Introduction to Messianic Judaism provides a description of what the Messianic Jewish community looks like today at its center and on its margins. The first section of the book traces the ecclesial contours of the community, providing a socio-historical and theological snapshot of the community's origins, where it is presently and where it is heading. Alongside these chapters, the book also includes a number of essays on biblical and theological issues central to the identity of Messianic Judaism. The twelve contributors to the first part of the book are recognized leaders in the Messianic Jewish community. They work with various organizations, including the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America, the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues, the Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council, Tikkun International, Chosen People Ministries, Messianic Jewish Theological Institute, Israel College of the Bible and the New School for Jewish Studies. Fourteen scholars from a wide spectrum of Christian backgrounds have written essays for the second part of the book. Their participation signals a growing academic and ecclesial interest in Messianic Judaism. Since the 1970s, a sea change has taken place in New Testament studies that has far-reaching implications for how the church evaluates Messianic Judaism. A broad reassessment of the New Testament writers’ view of Judaism has occurred since the publication of E. P. Sanders’s seminal work Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977), and this reevaluation continues unabated. The contributors to the second part of Introduction to Messianic Judaism draw from this recent scholarship and demonstrate how post-supersessionist interpretation of the New Testament results in readings of the biblical text that are consistent with Messianic Judaism. The final section of the book is written by Joel Willitts who provides a summary and synthesis of the essays, explaining how they shed light on the ecclesial context and biblical foundations of Messianic Judaism.
The primary aim of the monograph is to demonstrate that scholars overstate their case when they maintain that 1 Cor 9:19-23 is incompatible with a Torah-observant Paul. A secondary aim is to show how one might understand 1 Cor 9:19-23 as... more
The primary aim of the monograph is to demonstrate that scholars overstate their case when they maintain that 1 Cor 9:19-23 is incompatible with a Torah-observant Paul. A secondary aim is to show how one might understand 1 Cor 9:19-23 as the discourse of a Jew who remained within the bounds of pluriform Second Temple Judaism. Part I addresses the intertextual, contextual and textual case for the traditional reading of 1 Cor 9:19-23. Weaknesses are pointed out and alternative approaches are considered. The exegetical case in Part II centres on interpreting 1 Cor 9:19-23 in light of Paul's recapitulation in 1 Cor 10:32-11:1, which concludes with the statement, "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ".

Given the food-related and hospitality context of 1 Cor 8-10, and Paul's reference to dominical sayings that point back to Jesus' example and rule of adaptation, it is argued that 1 Cor 9:19-23 reflects Paul's imitation of Jesus' accommodation-oriented table-fellowship with all. As Jesus became all things to all people through eating with ordinary Jews, Pharisees and sinners, Paul became "all things to all people" through eating with ordinary Jews, strict Jews (those "under the law") and Gentile sinners. This Cambridge University dissertation won the 2007 Franz Delitzsch Prize from the Freie Theologische Akademie.
The evidence surveyed in this paper indicates that Paul took great care in his letters to differentiate between Jesus-believing Jews and Gentiles for the purpose of mutual blessing. Moreover, Paul (like the Jerusalem apostles) formulated... more
The evidence surveyed in this paper indicates that Paul took great care in his letters to differentiate between Jesus-believing Jews and Gentiles for the purpose of mutual blessing. Moreover, Paul (like the Jerusalem apostles) formulated a universal rule that the circumcised should remain circumcised (i.e. practicing Jews), and that the uncircumcised should remain uncircumcised in keeping with their respective callings from God.
Romanian translation of “Paul's ‘Rule in All the Churches’ (1 Cor 7:17-24) and Torah-Defined Ecclesiological Variegation.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 5 (2010):... more
Romanian translation of “Paul's ‘Rule in All the Churches’ (1 Cor 7:17-24) and Torah-Defined Ecclesiological Variegation.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 5 (2010): 1-23.
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Romanian translation of “‘To the Jew First’: Paul’s Vision for the Priority of Israel in the Life of the Church by Onisim Moisa (2022).” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. The article was originally published in Kesher: A Journal... more
Romanian translation of “‘To the Jew First’: Paul’s Vision for the Priority of Israel in the Life of the Church by Onisim Moisa (2022).” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. The article was originally published in Kesher: A Journal of Messianic Judaism 37 (2020): 11-25.
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Romanian translation of “Guidelines for Healthy Theological Discussion.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Kesher: A Journal of Messianic Judaism 22 (2008): 1-5.
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The first two essays of this volume champion N. T. Wright’s conception of “Pauline supersessionism” and claim that it is not a replacement theology. But what is Wright’s perspective on the covenantal status of non-Messianic Jews? And how... more
The first two essays of this volume champion N. T. Wright’s conception of “Pauline supersessionism” and claim that it is not a replacement theology. But what is Wright’s perspective on the covenantal status of non-Messianic Jews? And how does Wright’s theology of Israel impact a Christian view of Jews in the church? This response addresses these questions and raises concerns that Wright and this book promote a version of traditional supersessionism, a third race theology, that envisions Jewish life as obsolete in the New Covenant era and Jewish people as replaced by the church, an outlook that for centuries has empirically led to the rise of Christian antisemitism.
Romanian translation of “Was Paul Championing a New Freedom from—or End to—Jewish Law?” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity: Biblical, Theological, and... more
Romanian translation of “Was Paul Championing a New Freedom from—or End to—Jewish Law?” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity: Biblical, Theological, and Historical Essays on the Relationship between Christianity and Judaism. Edited by Gerald R. McDermott. Bellingham: Lexham, 2021, 33-50.
Romanian translation of “Messianic Judaism in Antiquity and in the Modern Era.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesia Context and Biblical Foundations. Edited by... more
Romanian translation of “Messianic Judaism in Antiquity and in the Modern Era.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesia Context and Biblical Foundations. Edited by David Rudolph and Joel Willitts. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013, 21-36.
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Romanian translation of “Luke’s Portrait of Paul in Acts 21:17-26.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in The Early Reception of Paul the Second Temple Jew: Text, Narrative and Reception History. Edited by... more
Romanian translation of “Luke’s Portrait of Paul in Acts 21:17-26.” Trans. Delia Mihai and Onisim Moisa, 2022. Originally published in The Early Reception of Paul the Second Temple Jew: Text, Narrative and Reception History. Edited by Isaac W. Oliver and Gabriele Boccaccini with Joshua Scott. London: T&T Clark, 2018, 192-205.
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Paul the Jew: Rereading the Apostle as a Figure of Second Temple Judaism Edited by Carlos A. Segovia and Gabriele Boccaccini Associate Editor: Cameron James Doody General Preface – Carlos A. Segovia 1. Introduction. The Three... more
Paul the Jew: Rereading the Apostle as a Figure of Second Temple Judaism

Edited by Carlos A. Segovia and Gabriele Boccaccini

Associate Editor: Cameron James Doody

General Preface – Carlos A. Segovia

1. Introduction. The Three Ways of Salvation of Paul Jew – Gabriele Boccaccini, and Albert I. Baumgarten, and Daniel Boyarin

2. Paul and Scripture / Paul in Scripture

• Who Is the Righteous Remnant in Romans 9-11? The Concept of Remnant in the Hebrew Bible, Early Jewish Literature, and Paul's Letter to the Romans – Shayna Sheinfeld

• The Historical Paul and the Paul of Acts: Who's More Jewish? – Isaac W. Oliver

3. Paul and Second-Temple Apocalypticism

• Paul, the Jewish Apocalypses, and Apocalyptic Eschatology – James H. Charlesworth

• Jesus' Messianic Status in Pauline Christology – Larry W. Hurtado

• Heavenly Mysteries and Otherworldly Journeys: 1 and 2 Corinthians in the Context of Jewish Apocalypticism – Matthew Goff

4. Paul and Gentile Inclusiveness

• Gentiles as a Cultic Category in Paul – Pamela Eisenbaum

• Paul and the Food Laws: A Reassessment of Romans 14:13-23 – David Rudolph

• The Pauline Ekklesiai and Images of Community in the Enochic Tradition in Bi-cultural Perspective – Kathy Ehrensperger

6. Paul between Empire and Jewish Identity

• Engendering Judaism: Paul, Baptism, and Circumcision – Joshua Garroway

• Paul's Jewish Identity in the Roman World: Beyond the Conflict Model – Jeremy Punt

7. Paul beyond Judaism?

• Paul the Jew Was also Paul the Hellenist – Anders Klostergaard Petersen

• Paul, Anti-Semitism, and Early-Christian Identity Making – William B. Campbell

• Discussing/Subverting Paul: Polemical Rereadings and Competing Supersessionist Misreadings of Pauline Inclusivism in Late Antiquity – A Case Study on the Apocalypse of Abraham, Justin Martyr, and the Qur'an – Carlos A. Segovia
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