The Real Kosher Jesus

by Brown, Michael L., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781621360070
• ISBN10: 1621360075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-03
• Publisher: Frontline

Summary

Jesus-Yeshua. The most influential Jew who ever lived. The most controversial Jew who ever lived. He has been called a rabbi, a rebel, a reformer, a religious teacher, a reprobate sinner, a revolutionary, a redeemer. Some have claimed he was a magician, others the Messiah. Some say he was a deceiver; others say he was divine. Who is this Jesus-Yeshua, and why are we still talking about him two thousand years later? Recently a prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbi presented a new version of Jesus, a "Kosher Jesus" that Jews can accept. By reclaiming Yeshua as a fellow Jew and rabbi, he has taken a very major and truly wonderful step in the right direction, but by re-creating Jesus, he has also robbed him of his uniqueness. The Real Kosher Jesustakes you on a journey to uncover the truth. It is a journey filled with amazing discoveries and delightful surprises, a journey that is sometimes painful but that ends with joy, a journey through which you will learn the real story of this man named Yeshua: the most famous Jew of all time, the Jewish nation's greatest prophet, the most illustrious rabbi ever, the light of the nations-and Israel's hidden Messiah.

Author Biography

Michael L. Brown holds a PhD from New York University in Near Eastern languages and literatures and is recognized as one of the leading Messianic Jewish scholars in the world today. He is the founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry, host of the nationally syndicated daily talk radio show The Line of Fire, and the author of more than twenty books. He is a contributor to The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion and other scholarly publications.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction: So, When Did Jesus Become Catholic?	p. xv
Yeshua-Jesus-Yeshu: Who Is He?
"May His Name and Memory Be Blotted Out!"	p. 1
What's So New About Jews Reclaiming Jesus?	p. 13
A Rabbi Like No Other	p. 25
A Threat to the Establishment	p. 43
How Jesus Got Hijacked by a Well-Meaning Rabbi	p. 57
The Lamb Who Was Slain	p. 75
From Kosher Jesus to Unkosher Christianity?
Was Paul the One Who Changed It All?	p. 91
The Jewish Genius Who Brought the God of Israel to the Nations	p. 107
The Hidden Messiah of Israel
The Secret of the Invisible God Who Can Be Seen	p. 125
The Secret of the Suffering Messiah	p. 139
The Secret of the Atoning Power of the Death of the Righteous	p. 149
The Secret of the Priestly Messiah	p. 159
The Secret of the Prophet Greater Than Moses	p. 165
The Secret of the Six Thousand Years	p. 171
The Secret of the Hidden Wisdom	p. 179
Epilogue: Not Just a Light for the Gentiles	p. 183
The New Testament: An Unreliable, Anti-Semitic Book?	p. 191
Kosher Jesus and "Why the Jews Cannot Accept Jesus"	p. 205
Notes	p. 209
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