Passing Over Easter - Constructing the Boundaries of Messianic Judaism (Paperback, New)

Chosen by Yahweh, saved by Jesus, Messianic Jews identify themselves as both Christian and Jewish and yet neither. Passing Over Easter brings this peculiar movement to life with an ethnographic look at Adat HaRauch, a Messianic Jewish congregation in Southern California. The ethnic Jews who have "found the Lord," the Gentiles with a "heart for Israel" that make up Adat HaRauch negotiate their identity borrowing from both traditions. The congregants see Yshua (the Hebrew name for Jesus) as the Jewish Messiah, the passover matzoh as symbolic of Yshua's body being broken for sinners, the New Testament as a fulfillment of the Old. Through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and reflections on her own beliefs and role as researcher, Feher paints a fascinating picture of this fluctuating religious group. Passing Over Easter makes a compelling read for sociologists concerned with new religious movements and group formation, students of Jewish identity and Jewish-Christian relations and anyone interested in the contemporary American religious scene.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1998
First published:	April 1998
Authors:	Shoshanah Feher
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7619-8953-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Christianity > Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches
LSN:	0-7619-8953-6
Barcode:	9780761989530

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