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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Harris-Shapiro, Carol. Messianic Judaism. Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©1999 (DLC) 98054864 (OCoLC)40534864 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Harris-Shapiro |
ISBN: | 0807010421 9780807010426 |
OCLC Number: | 45729039 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Studying the Messianic Jews -- What Is Messianic Judaism? -- The Messianic Jewish self -- Community -- History, prophecy, and memory -- Practices, rituals, and life cycles -- The saved and the chosen? |
Responsibility: | Carol Harris-Shapiro. |
Abstract:
This book examines how Messianic Judaism is organized and how it sustains itself and its adherents. the author traces its history from the efforts of Evangelical Christians to convert Jews, to the Jesus movement of the sixties, to the establishment of independent Messianic Jewish communities. she recounts their upbringing, everyday life of the community and the struggle for legitimacy in the eyes of Christians and Jews alike.
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