The emergence of the Hebrew Christian movement in nineteenth-century Britain / by Michael R. Darby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darby, Michael R.

Series:

Studies in the history of religions ; 128.

Studies in the history of religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish Christians--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Jewish Christians.

History.

Great Britain--Church history--19th century.

Great Britain.

Church history.

Physical Description:

vi, 285 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Summary:

In nineteenth-century Britain the majority of Jewish believers in Christ worshipped in Gentile churches. Some attained ethnic and institutional independence. A few debated the implications of incorporating into their worship the observance of Jewish tradition, and advocated the theological and liturgical independence of Hebrew Christianity, characterised by opponents as the "scandal of particularity". Previous scholarship has documented several Hebrew Christian initiatives but this monograph breaks new ground by identifying almost forty discrete institutions as components of a century-long movement. The book analyses the major pioneers, institutions and ideologies of this movement and recounts how, through identity negotiation, Hebrew Christians - and also their Gentile supporters - prepared the way for the development in the twentieth century of Messianic Judaism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Literary responses to Hebrew Christianity

The genesis of the modern Hebrew Christian movement

The Hebrew Christian movement during the "palmy days" of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews

The influence of the Hebrew Christian Alliance

Responses to the "Herzl of Jewish Christianity."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004184558

9004184554

OCLC:

642204646