Maimonides's Yahweh : Rabbinic Judaism's attempt to answer the incarnational question / Amy Karen Downey and Leo Percer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Downey, Amy Karen, author.

Percer, Leo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions to Jews.

Incarnation.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, 2019.

Summary:

The life of Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) remains a mystery to many within evangelical Christianity. However, he is lauded as a second Moses by many within modern Judaism. Does he deserve that title? Maimonides's via negativa created a rationale for rejecting the messiahship claims of Jesus in Rabbinic Judaism. Therefore, this book seeks to illustrate that Maimonides, in his desire to create an anti-Christian apologetic regarding the incarnation, fashioned a Judaism that does not reflect the truths of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and developed a Judaism that was untenable for the Jewish people of the twenty-first century. Many Jewish people today are turning in a thousand and one different directions for spiritual answers, but not in the only way that will offer the way to God: Jesus of Nazareth (John 14:6). This work examines the history of Maimonides, his teachings, and an apologetic approach to bring the gospel back to the Jewish people (Rom 1:16).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781532673399

1532673396