The emergence of the Hebrew Christian movement in nineteenth-century Britain / / by Michael R. Darby.

• Superior document: Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, v. 128
• Author: Darby, Michael R.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 128.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In nineteenth-century Britain the majority of Jewish believers in Christ worshipped in Gentile churches. Some attained ethnic and institutional independence. 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, characterised by opponents as the "scandal of particularity". Previous scholarship has documented several Hebrew Christian initiatives but this monograph breaks new ground by identifying almost forthy 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Michael R. Darby -- Chapter One. Literary Responses To Hebrew Christianity / Michael R. Darby -- Chapter Two. The Genesis Of The Modern Hebrew Christian Movement / Michael R. Darby -- Chapter Three. The Hebrew Christian Movement During The "Palmy Days" Of The London Society For Promoting Christianity Amongst The Jews / Michael R. Darby -- Chapter Four. The Influence Of The Hebrew Christian Alliance / Michael R. Darby -- Chapter Five. Responses To The "Herzl Of Jewish Christianity" / Michael R. Darby -- Conclusion. Themes And Lacunae / Michael R. Darby -- Appendix 1. Hebrew Christian Institutions In Nineteenth-Century Britain / Michael R. Darby -- Appendix 2. Map Of Mid-Century London / Michael R. Darby -- Bibliography / Michael R. Darby -- Index / Michael R. Darby.