ISBN:
1556355114
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9781556355110
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 457 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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23 cm
Year of publication:
2009
Keywords:
Rabbis Office
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Judaism Functionaries
;
Priests, Jewish Biblical teaching
;
Messianic Judaism Clergy
;
Leadership Religious aspects
;
Judaism
Abstract:
Prologue: The rabbi as a surrogate priest: a crucial paradigm for understanding the rabbi's role -- Israel in the Older Testament as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation -- Exploring how evangelical exegesis of the Newer Testament negates or ignores the identity of Israel as a kingdom of priests -- The functions performed by priests in the Older Testament and the Second Temple period -- The historical development of the rabbi's role in the land of Israel and Babylon -- The historical development of the rabbi's role in the European diaspora -- The historical development of the rabbi's role in the American context: focusing on seminaries and curricula -- The historical development of the rabbi's role in the American context: focusing on the catalytic factors and changing paradigms -- Reporting on Jewish community responses to the paradigm of the rabbi as a surrogate priest -- Summary, conclusions, and recommendations -- Epilogue: The rabbi as a surrogate priest: a useful tether for rabbinic role definition -- Appendix A.A heuristic taxonomy of materials from the Older Testament concerning priests and Levites with special reference to their functions -- Appendix B. Transcription of written survey results: Congregation Ohavei Tzion, West Hilldale, Connecticut, May 7, 2003 -- Appendix C. Transcription of digital recording of interviews with seventeen members of Knesset Tzion Messianic Jewish Congregation, Millstream, Connecticut, conducted May 8, 2003 -- Appendix D. Transcription of interviews with thirteen members of Temple Hakodesh (Reform), La Piñata, California, conducted June 3, 2003 -- Appendix E. Contrasting Messianic Jewish theology and the Evangelical consensus, deriving implications for the rabbi functioning as a surrogate priest -- Appendix F. Comparing Messianic Jewish hermeneutics with R. Daniel Shaw's and Charles E. Van Engen's Communicating God's word in a complex world: God's truth or hocus pocus? (2003) -- Appendix G. An address: "What time is it?
Note:
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Fuller Theological Seminary, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-457)
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