Israel's Messiah and the People of God: A Vision for Messianic Jewish Covenant Fidelity

Israels Messiah and the People of God presents a rich and diverse selection of essays by theologian Mark Kinzer whose work constitutes a pioneering step in Messianic Jewish theology. Including several pieces never before published this collection illuminates Kinzers thought on topics such as Oral Torah Jewish prayer eschatology soteriology and Messianic Jewish-Catholic dialogue. This volume offers the reader numerous portals into the vision of Messianic Judaism offered in Kinzers Postmissionary Messianic Judaism (2005). An introductory essay by editor Jennifer M. Rosner sets Kinzers thought and writings in context. Mark Kinzer is a break-through thinker who has taken Messianic Judaism to a new level of theological sophistication. No one who cares deeply about the relationship between Judaism and Christianity can afford to ignore these essays. --Richard J. Mouw President of Fuller Theological Seminary This book is a welcome successor to Mark Kinzers 2005 groundbreaking work Postmissionary Messianic Judaism . . . It is the kind of theological inquiry that both the Jewish Roots movement and the Messianic Jewish movement are so greatly in need of. Jennifer Rosners collaboration in this project is a promising sign that a new generation of Messianic Jewish scholars may be ready to accept the challenge. --Isaac Rottenberg First Chairperson of the National Council of Churches Office on Christian-Jewish Relations This is a significant book. Although it is a collection of articles and addresses it has a far greater coherence than such collections normally possess. This coherence flows directly from the coherence of Mark Kinzers life-project--to develop a form of Messianic Judaism that is authentically Jewish and at the same time truly Messianic in the sense of fully recognizing the centrality of Jesus in Gods purpose for Israel and for the world. --Monsignor Peter Hocken Member of International Doctrinal Commission for Catholic Charismatic Renewal Whether one welcomes the Messianic Jewish movement wholeheartedly with reservations or not at all the increasing importance of its voice in contemporary theological discussion is certain. This collection of essays by Mark Kinzer demonstrates again why the issues raised by Messianic Judaism are so fundamental in nature and why Kinzer himself is widely regarded as the movements foremost theologian. --R. Kendall Soulen Professor of Systematic Theology Wesley Theological Seminary Mark S. Kinzer is President Emeritus of Messianic Jewish Theological Institute and the author of Postmissionary Messianic Judaism (2005). Jennifer M. Rosner is a doctoral candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary.