This article explores Messianic Jewish theology, the theological foundation and doctrinal basis for Messianic Judaism. Messianic Jews live as Jews whilst accepting Jesus (Yeshua) as Messiah and Lord, forming Messianic congregations and synagogues. Messianic Jewish theology refers to the eme...
This article discusses the main challenges that secularization presented to Judaism and to Jewish thought, and maps the key strategies and central thinkers who responded to this challenge, from the eighteenth century up to the turn of the twenty-first. Attention is also given to some secular ...
The commandment to protect the ger, often translated as stranger, is asserted several times in the Torah. The book of Exodus requires the Israelites ‘not to do wrong to a ger or oppress them’ (22:21). Leviticus teaches that a ger who resides with Israelites shall be treated as an Israelite ci...
Death appears in many guises within Judaism. The Hebrew Bible, which forms the basis for all subsequent thinking, treats death as a punishment for sin and source of ritual impurity. While it acknowledges the virtue of a timely death, the emphasis remains on embodied life and the present moment.