Mapping Messianic Jewish Theology : A Constructive Approach
by Harvey, RichardFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-06-06
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Summary
Richard Harvey, himself a Messianic Jew, maps the diverse theological terrain of this young movement. He makes an original and innovative contribution by clarifying, affirming and constructively critiquing the present state of its theology. The book examines five topics of theological concern 1. God's nature, activity and attributes (can the one God of Israel and the Christian Trinity be the same?) 2. The Messiah (Messianic Jewish Christologies) 3. Torah in theory (the meaning and interpretation of the Torah in the light of Jesus) 4. Torah in practice (Messianic practice of Sabbath, food laws and Passover) 5. Eschatology (the diverse models employed within the movement to describe the future of Israel). Within each topic Harvey explores the range of Messianic Jewish views and their roots in both Jewish and Christian theological traditions. The author proposes a typology of eight theological tendencies within Messianic Judaism and identifies issues where further theological development is required.
Author Biography
Richard Harvey is Academic Dean and Tutor in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at all nations.
Table of Contents
| Series Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Abbreviations and Acronyms | p. xv |
| Introduction: Approaching Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 1 |
| The Question of Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 1 |
| The Methodology of 'Mapping Messianic Jewish Theology' | p. 5 |
| Defining Messianic Judaism | p. 8 |
| Structure of the Study | p. 12 |
| Previous Studies: Anthropology, Social Psychology and Historical Theology | p. 14 |
| Previous Studies | p. 14 |
| Anthropological Approaches | p. 14 |
| A Marginalised Fundamentalist Sect | p. 14 |
| Ethnic Judaism on the Church-Sect Continuum | p. 15 |
| Revitalisation through Mazeway Resynthesis | p. 17 |
| Theological Amalgam for a Hybridised Identity | p. 19 |
| Construction of the Messianic Jewish Self | p. 21 |
| Identity Formation and Boundary Negotiation | p. 22 |
| Ethnographic Self-Understanding | p. 22 |
| Conceptual Space on the Continuum | p. 24 |
| Minor Studies | p. 24 |
| Reflection on Anthropological Studies | p. 25 |
| Social Psychological Approaches | p. 26 |
| Brother or Other? Messianic Jews and JUBUs | p. 26 |
| Minor Studies | p. 28 |
| Historico-Theological Approaches | p. 28 |
| New Religious Movement | p. 29 |
| Neglected Element in Jewish-Christian Relations | p. 30 |
| A Tool for Mission | p. 31 |
| Seventh Branch of Judaism | p. 33 |
| Previous Studies: Theological Studies by Practitioners | p. 35 |
| Advocates and Practitioners | p. 35 |
| Contextualisation and Rediscovery | p. 35 |
| The Development of Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 37 |
| Realised Eschatology | p. 37 |
| Two Types of Messianic Judaism | p. 38 |
| Field Guide to the Messianic Movement | p. 38 |
| Strengths and Weaknesses of Previous Studies | p. 39 |
| Theological Approaches | p. 40 |
| Proposals for Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 40 |
| The Quest for Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 43 |
| Shaping Postmissionary Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 45 |
| The Doctrine of God in Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 49 |
| Introduction | p. 49 |
| God in Judaism, Christianity and Messianic Judaism | p. 49 |
| Creedal Statements | p. 51 |
| Detailed Presentations | p. 52 |
| Revelation | p. 54 |
| General and Special Revelation (Maoz) | p. 54 |
| The Supremacy of Special Revelation (Fruchtenbaum, Stern, Goldberg and Juster) | p. 55 |
| Revelation in Yeshua (Juster) | p. 57 |
| Canonical, Cumulative and Communal Revelation (Kinzer) | p. 58 |
| The Existence of God | p. 60 |
| God's existence as a 'given' | p. 60 |
| God's Self-Existence (Goldberg) | p. 62 |
| The Nature of God | p. 63 |
| The Personhood of God (Maoz and Goldberg) | p. 63 |
| The Essence of God (Maoz and Goldberg) | p. 64 |
| The Attributes of God (Maoz) | p. 65 |
| The Unity of God | p. 66 |
| A Trinity of Persons (Maoz) | p. 66 |
| Echad and Yachid (Fruchtenbaum) | p. 68 |
| Biblical Trinitarianism (Stern) | p. 69 |
| Composite Unity (Goldberg) | p. 69 |
| Differentiation within the Godhead (Kinzer) | p. 72 |
| Transcendence, Immanence and Omnipresence | p. 72 |
| Presence and Immanence (Maoz) | p. 72 |
| Sh'kinah and Incarnation (Juster, Stern and Goldberg) | p. 73 |
| Omnipresence and Anthropomorphism (Goldberg and Stern) | p. 75 |
| The Eternal and Infinite God | p. 77 |
| The Meaning of 'Eternal' (Maoz) | p. 77 |
| The Eternal King (Stern) | p. 77 |
| Comprehending the Infinite (Goldberg) | p. 78 |
| Omniscience and Omnipotence | p. 80 |
| Foreknowledge and Predestination (Maoz) | p. 80 |
| Beyond Human Understanding (Goldberg) | p. 82 |
| The Perfection of God | p. 84 |
| Self-sufficiency and Perfection (Maoz) | p. 84 |
| Perfection as Completion (Goldberg) | p. 85 |
| Creation and Consummation | p. 86 |
| God the Creator and Sustainer (Maoz) | p. 86 |
| The Creator and his Creation (Goldberg) | p. 87 |
| Creation and Science (Stern) | p. 87 |
| Creation as a Personal Act of Divine Love (Kinzer) | p. 88 |
| Providence (Goldberg and Stern) | p. 90 |
| Evil and a Righteous God of Love | p. 91 |
| Justice and Mercy (Juster and Maoz) | p. 91 |
| Theodicy and the Holocaust (Goldberg et al) | p. 92 |
| Conclusion | p. 94 |
| Yeshua the Messiah: The Shaping of Messianic Jewish Christology | p. 96 |
| Introduction | p. 96 |
| The Need for Christology | p. 98 |
| Christology in Doctrinal Statements | p. 99 |
| Assent to Creeds in Messianic Judaism | p. 100 |
| Hugh Schonfield and the Divinity of the Messiah | p. 101 |
| The Development of Christology | p. 102 |
| Emerging Christologies | p. 103 |
| Protestant and Evangelical | p. 104 |
| Theocentric Christology | p. 104 |
| The Pre-Incarnate Christ | p. 107 |
| Recontextualised Nicene Christology | p. 108 |
| The Trinity in the Dead Sea Scrolls | p. 109 |
| Transcending Hebrew and Greek Categories | p. 110 |
| Antinomies and Mysteries | p. 112 |
| Jewishly Palatable and Theologically Precise | p. 113 |
| Jewish Mystical Christology | p. 114 |
| Christian Kabbalah | p. 114 |
| Contemporary Mystical Exegesis | p. 118 |
| Raising the Bar of Devotion | p. 122 |
| The Hidden Messiah of Postmissionary Messianic Judaism | p. 123 |
| Adoptionist Christology | p. 131 |
| Monotheism and Idolatry | p. 132 |
| Hebraic and Hellenistic Thinking | p. 133 |
| Christian Unitarianism | p. 135 |
| Conclusion | p. 137 |
| Torah in Theory | p. 140 |
| Introduction | p. 140 |
| 'Torah Negative' Views | p. 142 |
| Messiah, not Moses (Fruchtenbaum) | p. 143 |
| 'Jewishness', not 'Judaism' (Maoz) | p. 144 |
| Biblical Halacha Without Rabbinic Tradition (Nerel) | p. 147 |
| 'Torah Positive' Views | p. 150 |
| 'Torah Incognita' (Stern) | p. 150 |
| 'My Law on Your Heart' (Powlison) | p. 154 |
| Variety With Guidelines (Goldberg) | p. 156 |
| New Covenant Halacha (Juster) | p. 157 |
| The Messianic Taryag Mitzvot (Michael Rudolph) | p. 160 |
| Biblical Torah Without Rabbinic Tradition (Berkowitz) | p. 161 |
| Biblical Re-Appropriation of Torah (Schiffman) | p. 162 |
| Yeshua Kept Halacha - So Should We! (Fischer) | p. 163 |
| Messianic Halacha not easy to define (Sadan) | p. 166 |
| 'Yes!' and 'No!' to Messianic Halacha (Shulam) | p. 167 |
| Halacha - Messianic and Conservative (Kinzer) | p. 170 |
| A Reflection of Yeshua's Heart (Hashivenu) | p. 174 |
| Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council | p. 176 |
| Rabbinic Halacha for Messianic Jews | p. 179 |
| Conclusion - Abandon, Adapt, Adopt or Accept? | p. 181 |
| Torah in Practice | p. 184 |
| Introduction | p. 184 |
| The Diversity of Messianic Jewish Practice | p. 186 |
| Surveys of Messianic Jewish Practice | p. 187 |
| The Sabbath | p. 188 |
| Sabbath with Gusto, But Not According to the Rabbis (Maoz) | p. 189 |
| Preaching Law Whilst Practicing Grace (Fruchtenbaum) | p. 190 |
| Biblical Sabbath Without Rabbinic Additions (Nerel) | p. 192 |
| Freedom, Not A Requirement (Kasdan) | p. 193 |
| Celebration Without Legalism (Juster) | p. 196 |
| Following the Pharisaic Pattern (Fischer) | p. 197 |
| Keeping the Sabbath Holy and Wholly (Kinzer) | p. 199 |
| Summary | p. 203 |
| Kashrut | p. 203 |
| A Sign of Weakness (Maoz) | p. 204 |
| A Ham Sandwich in Harlem (Fruchtenbaum) | p. 205 |
| 'Biblical Kashrut' (Kasdan) | p. 205 |
| Cleanliness Laws Superseded? (Juster) | p. 207 |
| Torah Still Valid - According to Yeshua (Nerel) | p. 207 |
| Reinterpreting Mark 7:19b (Rudolph) | p. 209 |
| Preventing the Abolition of the Jewish People (Kinzer) | p. 210 |
| Summary | p. 212 |
| Passover | p. 212 |
| The Afikoman Not Inspired (Maoz) | p. 214 |
| Lamb, not Chicken (Fruchtenbaum) | p. 215 |
| The 'Biblical Pesach' (Nerel) | p. 216 |
| Joyous Celebration Without Legalism (Juster) | p. 217 |
| Redemption Typified (Kasdan) | p. 218 |
| Misuse of Jewish Sancta? (Stern) | p. 219 |
| Conclusion | p. 220 |
| The Future of Israel | p. 223 |
| Introduction | p. 223 |
| Dispensational Premillennialism | p. 225 |
| Historic Premillennialism | p. 227 |
| Postmillennialism | p. 228 |
| Amillennialism | p. 229 |
| Previous Studies of Messianic Jewish Bschatology | p. 230 |
| Development of a Messianic Jewish Bschatology | p. 233 |
| Messianic dispensationalism (Fruchtenbaum) | p. 234 |
| Messianic Historic Premillennialism | p. 237 |
| A 'Millennium of Sorts' (Stern) | p. 237 |
| Restorationist Historic Premillennialism (Juster) | p. 240 |
| Messianic Amillennialism | p. 244 |
| Studied Agnosticism (Maoz) | p. 244 |
| Present and Future in Tension (Nichol) | p. 248 |
| Re-Ordering the Messianic Jewish Canonical Narrative (Kinzer) | p. 250 |
| Conclusion | p. 258 |
| Conclusion: The Future of Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 262 |
| Introduction | p. 262 |
| Summary of Findings | p. 262 |
| Approaching Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 262 |
| The Doctrine of God | p. 262 |
| Yeshua the Messiah | p. 263 |
| Torah in Theory | p. 263 |
| Torah in Practice | p. 264 |
| The Future of Israel | p. 264 |
| Identifying Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 264 |
| A Typology of Messianic Jewish Theologies | p. 265 |
| Eight Types of Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 267 |
| The Future of Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 277 |
| The Task of Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 277 |
| Recognition of the Need for MJT | p. 277 |
| Interdependency within MJT | p. 278 |
| Discussion of Methodology | p. 279 |
| Future Topics for Consideration in Messianic Jewish Theology | p. 279 |
| Questions for Future Research | p. 283 |
| Models For Messianic Jewish Theology as Theology and Contextual Theology | p. 283 |
| Detailed studies of Messianic Jewish Theologians | p. 283 |
| Theological Methodology and Interface with Cultural Studies | p. 284 |
| Concluding Summary | p. 284 |
| Appendix - Materials | p. 285 |
| Primary Sources | p. 285 |
| Rationale for the Use of Quotations | p. 285 |
| Choice of Contributors | p. 285 |
| Official Documents of Messianic Jewish Organisations | p. 287 |
| Secondary Sources | p. 287 |
| Bibliography | p. 288 |
| Glossary | p. 309 |
| Index | p. 312 |
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