With over 360,000 in print, in 9 languages, this clear, concise and easy to read handbook is an excellent resource for parents, students,young adults, educators, and rabbis. Its information is both educational, effective and a superb inoculation against missionary efforts. Topics include The Battle for the Jewish Soul, The Obsession to Convert Jews, Refuting Five Primary Missionary Claims, The Jewish Messiah, Refuting Christian Proof-texts and Solutions to the Missionary Problem.
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A Jewish Response to Missionaries - By Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan - 64-Page Book Missionaries are spending untold sums in an effort to convert young Jews. What is the Jewish response? Can a billion Christians be wrong? Why do Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah? What is a "messiah"? What will he accomplish? What does the Bible really say? What does a "savior" and "being saved" really mean? Why do we believe that missionary claims are built on mistranslations, misquotes, inaccuracies and Biblical passages
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Jews And Jewish Christianity A Jewish Response to the Missionary Challenge by David Berger and Michael Wyschogrod CONTENTS Preface to The First Printing A Note to the Reader 1. Introduction 2. Jesus and the Messiah 3. Jesus and God 4. "Proofs" of Christianity in the Hebrew Bible 5. The Forgiveness of Sin 6. On Jews, Gentiles, and Jewish Christians 7. A Final Word 8. Suggestions for Further Reading An expose of how Judaism views Christianity and why it can't agree with fundamental Chr
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The Jewish Concept of Messiah and the Jewish Response to Christian Claims - Spanish El Concepto Judío del Mesías y la Respuesta Judía a las Asertaciones Cristianas. 1) La palabra “Mesías” en Español corresponde a la palabra Hebrea “Mashiach”, la cual se traduce como “Ungido.” Usualmente se refiere a una persona iniciada en el servicio de Dios por medio de la unción con aceite (derramado en la cabeza, según Éxodo 29:7, 1ª. Reyes 1:39, 2ª. Reyes 9:3). 2) Existen muchos Mesías en la Biblia. Ya q
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Claim #4: Miracles prove the validity of Christianity Some "Hebrew Christians" argue that turning to Jesus changed their lives and that, as a direct result, they have even experienced miracles. The Jewish Response Claims of miracles and of changes in one's life are not unique to any one religion. Converts to cults and to other religions also relate miraculous experiences and events in their lives. The Jewish Bible warns that supposed "miracles" may, in reality, be a test from G-d. A classic e
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Claim #3: Spiritual Salvation and a personal relationship with God can only come through Jesus Missionaries claim that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of G-d" (Romans 2:23), and that there is no salvation from sin or any possibility of a personal relationship with G-d without belief in Jesus. Specifically with regard to Jews, their argument is that Jews have always needed animal blood sacrifices to rid themselves of sin. Since sacrifices were abolished after the destruction of the
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INTRODUCTION For Jews adhering to traditional Judaism the Torah is God’s words revealed directly to Moses. Subsequent additions to the Jewish canon are God inspired works often recording God’s interaction with the prophets of Israel. The Old Testament The Jewish Bible in its original language is the clearest expression of God’s written word to His people. This despite copyist errors and lost knowledge of certain word meanings and the like that have interfered with a clear transmission of the
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