03564nam a2200421Ka 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020001800124020001500142020003500157020003200192035002100224035001800245043001200263050002300275072002500298082002400323100003000347245012800377260003800505300004300543490007000586504006600656505032600722520153101048588004702579650006102626651004902687650004702736655002202783776020302805830004803008856008603056ocn741614098OCoLC20200709055407.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu110719s2010    ne b    ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  z9789004184558  z9004184554  a9789004216273 (electronic bk.)  a9004216278 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)741614098  a377359b(N$T)  ae-uk--- 4aBR158b.D37 2010eb 7aRELx0150002bisacsh04a274.1/0810899242221 aDarby, Michael R.,d1946-14aThe emergence of the Hebrew Christian movement in nineteenth-century Britainh[electronic resource] /cby Michael R. Darby.  aLeiden ;aBoston :bBrill,c2010.  a1 online resource (vi, 285 p.) :bmap.1 aNumen book series : studies in the history of religions ;vv. 128  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-268) and index.0 aLiterary 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."  aIn nineteenth-century Britain, the majority of the Jewish people were involved in a process of assimilation or acculturation and most of those who embraced Christianity were content to worship in a Gentile milieu despite being enjoined by the Old and New Testament scriptures to maintain their national distinctiveness and consequently their leadership position in the Christian Church. 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, characterized by opponents as the "scandal of particularity." Members of the Jewish community regarded these believers as apostates and Gentile Christians viewed them ambivalently as historically and eschatologically influential, but of no particular contemporary significance in Britain. Jewish, and Gentile Christian writers for the most part view Hebrew Christianity as a marginal movement, while Jewish Christian historians regard the movement as central to salvation history. 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.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aJewish ChristianszGreat BritainxHistoryy19th century. 0aGreat BritainxChurch historyy19th century. 7aRELIGION / Christianity / History2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aDarby, Michael R., 1946-tEmergence of the Hebrew Christian movement in nineteenth-century Britain.dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010z9789004184558w(DLC)  2010022875w(OCoLC)642204646 0aStudies in the history of religions ;v128.403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=377359