03666nam a2200469Ka 4500 ocn741614098 OCoLC 20200709055407.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110719s2010 ne b ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9789004184558 9004184554 9789004216273 (electronic bk.) 9004216278 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)741614098 377359 (N$T) e-uk--- BR158 .D37 2010eb REL 015000 bisacsh 274.1/081089924 22 N$TA Darby, Michael R., 1946- The emergence of the Hebrew Christian movement in nineteenth-century Britain [electronic resource] / by Michael R. Darby. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. 1 online resource (vi, 285 p.) : map. Numen book series : studies in the history of religions ; v. 128 Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-268) and index. Literary 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." In 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. Description based on print version record. Jewish Christians Great Britain History 19th century. Great Britain Church history 19th century. RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Darby, Michael R., 1946- Emergence of the Hebrew Christian movement in nineteenth-century Britain. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004184558 (DLC) 2010022875 (OCoLC)642204646 Studies in the history of religions ; 128. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=377359 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50484 50484