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TOP PICKS



Edersheim, Alfred. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. Updated Edition. Hendrickson Publishers, 1997. Written in a popular, often devotional style, but includes essential insights into Jewish culture and religion. Though written in the 1880’s, is still valuable today because of Edersheim’s mastery of the Jewish sources. A must read! Order now!
Edersheim, Alfred. Sketches of Jewish Social Life. Updated Edition. Hendrickson Publishers, 1995. Another Edersheim masterpiece about life in the time of Jesus. Available in both hardcover and paperback. Order now!
Juster, Dan. Jewish Roots: A Foundation of Biblical Theology. Destiny Image Publishers, 1995. An excellent and very readable overview of Messianic Jewish (Jewish Christian) Theology. Although Dan unfortunately buys into dispensationalism in his more recent writing, this, his first effort, is solid. Order now!
Moseley, Ron. Yeshua: A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Original Church. Lederer Publications, 1999. Another one of those
Israel guys.Highlights the recent discoveries that have helped recover the Jewish nature of Jesus and the earliest Church. Order now!
Young, Brad H. Jesus the Jewish Theologian. Hendrickson Publishers, 1995. Reflects important research coming out of Israel. Puts Jesus’ teachings back in their original Jewish context. Much of this book is excellent, with the exception of Brad’s interpretation of Jesus’ teaching on divorce, which attempts to minimize the strong opposition between Jesus and the Pharisees on this topic. But then we must always discern everything we read! Order now!
OTHER JEWISH ROOTS BOOKS

Young, Brad H. Paul the Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee Among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles. Hendrickson Publishers, 1998. This is an important contribution to putting Paul back in his original Jewish context. It reflects the new direction of scholarly thinking about Paul as a Hebrew among Hebrews. Order now!

JEWISH FEASTS

Scarlata, Robin and Linda Pierce. A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays. Heart of Wisdom, 1997. This book comes highly recommended. The feasts are one of the major ways in which Judaism instills its teachings into the hearts of Jewish children. Christians (by whom this was written) can learn much—and have fun doing it! Order now!
JEWISH HISTORY
Flannery, Edward. The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism. Paulist Press, 1985. The dark side of Christian history. Every Christian must learn what happened so we can repent of the past and never let it happen again! Order now!


Shanks, Hershel, ed. Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: A Parallel History of Their Origins and Early Development. Biblical Archaeology Society, 1992. A detailed history of early Christianity and early Rabbinic Judaism, though it neglects the Jewish Christians. Takes into account many of the latest discoveries. Order now!
PRIMARY SOURCES
Josephus Flavius. The New Complete Works of Josephus. Trans. William Whiston. Kregel Publications, 1999. Josephus was born seven years after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. He was an eyewitness to the Jewish War that led to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. He is our primary source for much of what we know about Jewish history in and around the time of Christ. Order now!Danby, Herbert, trans. The Mishnah. Oxford University Press, 1933. If you really want to dive into the Jewish context of the New Testament, the Mishnah is a must. It’s a written version of what in Jesus’ day was called the Oral Law. Order now!
TECHNICAL/SCHOLARLY
Finegan, Jack. The Archaeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church. Revised Edition. Princeton University Press, 1992. A technical catalog of archeological discoveries impacting the New Testament. Too dry for the average reader, but it’s the most complete and up-to-date source on New Testament archeology in a single volume. Order now!Lindsey, Robert, ed. A Comparative Greek Concordance of the Synoptic Gospels. Why do I list such an obscure scholarly work here? Because yours truly wrote the computer code for the compilation of volumes 2 and 3. It gave me an excuse to stay in Jerusalem and date my wife, Karen. Volume 1. Volumes 2 & 3.
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