
Stones the Builders Rejected
The Jewish Jesus, His Jewish Disciples, and the Culmination of History
Mark S. Kinzer(Author)
Jennifer M. Rosner(Editor)
Cascade Books (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-6667-7860-1 (ISBN)
Description
Since the groundbreaking publication of Postmissionary Messianic Judaism (2005), Mark Kinzer has challenged theologians and religious leaders to consider the essential ecumenical vocation of Jewish disciples of Jesus. Proposing a bilateral ecclesiology in solidarity with Israel, he argued that the overcoming of Christian supersessionism required a robust affirmation of the distinctive calling of Jews within the community of Jesus the Messiah. In this way, Kinzer's work put the issue of Jewish followers of Jesus on the theological agenda for those seeking a reparative reconfiguration of the relationship between the church and the Jewish people.
In recent years, Kinzer has attended to the theological implications of this perspective and has widened his focus to include not only the Messianic Jewish movement but also Jews within Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches. The present collection of essays reflects this wider concern. According to Kinzer, the theological stones of contention are Christology conceived of as Messianology, ecclesiology understood as Israelology, and eschatology imagined as Zionology. Moreover, it is the presence of Jewish disciples of Jesus that concretizes these theological abstractions in the form of Jewish flesh and blood, summoning Jews and Christians to rethink their relationship to one another in ways that express their essential mutual dependence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-7860-1 (9781666778601)
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Mark S. Kinzer | Jennifer M. Rosner
Stones the Builders Rejected
The Jewish Jesus, His Jewish Disciples, and the Culmination of History
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Mark S. Kinzer is Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Zera Avraham in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and President Emeritus of Messianic Jewish Theological Institute.
Russell L. Resnik serves as Rabbinic Counsel of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations and general editor of Kesher: A Journal of Messianic Judaism.