C. Werman 2009: “Messiah in Heaven? A Re-evaluation of Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Traditions,” in: R. A. Clements and D. R. Schwartz (eds.) Text, Thought and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity (Leiden: Brill) 281-299 (original) (raw)
The messianic concept in modern Judaism
Teologia i Moralność
The history of the Messiah in Judaism is a history of disappointed hopes. Again and again, there were salvation fi gures to whom this role was ascribed. But redemption from occupation and foreign rule, exile, oppression and persecution failed to materialize. Therefore, the expectation of the Messiah fell to the periphery of Jewish theology. This article examinesin what ways the messianic concept plays a role in modern times and what it contributes to describing the relationship between God and humanity in Judaism. The author intends to show the development from the abandonment of a personal Messiah towards the affi rmation of the prophets’ hope for a universal messianic age in which the duty of all people to participate in the healing of the world becomes central. What becomes also clear is: The messiah idea cannot be a bridge between Christianity and Judaism.
Messianic Jewish Theology: A Preliminary Typology
Norsk Tidsskrift For Misjonsvitenskap, 2019
This article proposes an eight-fold typology of Messianic Jewish theologies. It reviews previous studies and makes proposals for the development of Messianic Jewish Theology. It characterises the views of reflective practitioners within the movement of Messianic Judaism by summarising their views on God, Torah and Israel in the light of the Jewish and Christian theologies that have influenced their development. Keywords/Søkeord : Messianic Judaism – Typology Messianic Jewish Theology – Torah – Christology – Israel
2019
Review Article The term Messiah in the Old Testament had no one strict meaning. The meaning of the term was developed over a long period of time. Various designations of messianism are equally influenced by the historical situation of the biblical interpreters and their ability to interact with the text their social circumstances and their ability to engage other scholars. This paper is a survey of various scholars and their views as can be found in their books and publications. Scholars at a certain time in history focussed on certain layers of messianic characters as they deduced from the biblical text. The variance in meaning confirms that the messianic characterisation was equally rooted in the circumstances of interpreters of different world views. Their texts confirm to be social constructs of the interpreters‟ circumstances. This is confirmed in the variety of meaning related to the term.
TOPIC:000 THE STUDY OF THE HEBREW ROOTS OF MESSIANISM
PREFACE © YESHIVABEITYOMTOV On this path and journey, we will walk together to find our inheritance, from the children of Shem, the promise of birthright and kingship was kept, reaching Avram, the Ivrit - Hebrew, to whom the covenant was conferred on his family, through Yikzak, Yaakov-Israel, who was transferred to his 12 children and at this time to us. It was ratified after leaving mitzrayim - Egypt, to all the people of Israel, which was delivered on Mount Horeb, when the Eternal made a pact with our fathers, with the people of Israel, where at that time he not only gave instructions for our life, but also promised to be with his people Israel until the end of time. The Renewed covenant - Brit Hadasha, is again ratified through Yeshua ha Mashiach, no longer by the blood of calves, sheep or goats, but rather a covenant with the precious blood of the Mashiach-Messiah, Yeshua. In this Degree, which has been designed curricularly, we have put all the knowledge that we have in relation to being able to approach many who today are awakening in the light of the scriptures, and to the knowledge and wisdom of the Almighty who will flood. We invite you in each of these topics, to be able to accumulate knowledge and make it part of your culture of Hebrew roots. Moreh Claudio Olguín Bermúdez YESHIVA BEIT YOM TOV LOS TILOS 1725, QUILPUE, VALPARAISOCHILE www.yeshivabeityomtov.org
Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial Context and Biblical Foundations
2013
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.
Several Second Temple Jewish texts depict a heavenly messiah. The tradition is malleable, presenting several conceptions of this figure. Nevertheless, each text draws its imagery from a shared set of literary tropes. Beginning with the son of man of Daniel 7, the following paper will trace the development of this theme through the books of 1 Enoch, the Testament of Abraham, 11QMelchizedek, 4 Ezra, and into the Pauline epistles and gospels of the New Testament.
Three Sixteenth-Century Jewish Messiahs
Journal for Semitics, 2023
Messianic movements and their messianic claimants are surprisingly ubiquitous in Jewish history. The hypothesis is that these movements always show some influence from a previous form of mysticism and reach their expression and culmination in a renewed urgency for messianic activity. This article demonstrates that sixteenth-century messianic tensions, as an example of this phenomenon, repeatedly had their genesis in one or another system of mysticism. The deeper the mystical component, the more dramatic the messianism. The messianic claimant believes he has the power to speak to kings and popes and is convinced he has the means to immediately effect a change in the religious, political, and cosmic order. This investigation focuses on three sixteenth-century Jewish messiahs, Asher Lemlein, David Reuveni, and Shlomo Molcho. Each, as I show, was rooted in an earlier form of mysticism.
The Christology of Nascent Messianic Judaism
Taking a look at the Didache, a first century Christian-Jewish letter to the gentiles, the author examines those texts that reveal its views on the nature of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Messianic Jews and a Historical Reading of Biblical Texts
Hebrew Bible texts must be read in a historical and cultural context that takes archaeology and the history of scribalism. The contrast between theological and secular-historical readings of the texts is discussed. The paper is tailored with the situation of Messianic Jews in Israel in view.