Books
Top Ten
Messianic Judaism in Antiquity
Messianic Jewish Prayer Books
Messianic Jewish Biographies and Writings (19th-20th Century)
Messianic Jewish Discipleship
Messianic Jewish Apologetics
- David Rudolph and Joel Willitts, ed., Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial Context and Biblical Foundations. Zondervan: Grand Rapids, 2013.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Postmissionary Messianic Judaism: Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2005.
- Daniel C. Juster, Jewish Roots: Understanding Your Jewish Faith. Revised Edition. Shippensburg: Destiny Image, 2013.
- Michael Rudolph with Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah: Torah from a New Covenant Perspective. 2 vols. Montgomery Village: Tikkun International, 2020.
- Jonathan Kaplan, Jennifer M. Rosner, and David J. Rudolph, eds. Covenant and the People of God: Essays in Honor of Mark S. Kinzer. Eugene: Pickwick, 2023.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Stones the Builders Rejected: The Jewish Jesus, His Jewish Disciples, and the Culmination of History. Eugene: Cascade, 2024.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Israel's Messiah and the People of God: A Vision for Messianic Jewish Covenant Fidelity. Eugene: Cascade, 2011.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen: The Resurrected Messiah, the Jewish People, and the Land of Promise. Eugene: Cascade, 2018. Spanish edition: Jerusalen crucificada, Jerusalen resucitada: El Mesias resucitado, el pueblo judio y la tierra prometida. Eugene: Cascade, 2022.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Searching Her Own Mystery: Nostra Aetate, the Jewish People, and the Identity of the Church. Eugene: Cascade, 2015. Spanish edition: Al investigar el misterio de la Iglesia: Nostra aetate, el pueblo judio y la identidad de la Iglesia. Eugene: Cascade, 2023.
- Edwin K. Broadhead, Jewish Ways of Following Jesus: Redrawing the Religious Map of Antiquity. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Thomas Schumacher, and Jan-Heiner Tück, eds. Jesus - der Messias Israels? Messianisches Judentum und christliche Theologie im Gespräch. Freiburg: Herder & Herder, 2023.
- Jennifer M. Rosner, Finding Messiah: A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel. Downers Grove: IVP, 2022.
- David Serner and Alexander Goldberg, Jesus-Believing Israelis: Exploring Messianic Fellowships. Jerusalem: Caspari Center, 2021.
- James Earle Patrick, ed., Jesus, King of the Jews? Messianic Judaism, Jewish Christians, and Theology Beyond Supersessionism. Vienna: Toward Jerusalem Council II, 2021.
- Antoine Lévy, Jewish Church: A Catholic Approach to Messianic Judaism. Lanham: Lexington, 2021.
- Giles Fraser, Chosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism. Allen Lane, 2021.
- Emma O’Donnell Polyakov. The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2020.
- Ephraim Kanarfogel, Brothers from Afar: Rabbinic Approaches to Apostasy and Reversion in Medieval Europe. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2020.
- Matt Jackson-McCabe, Jewish Christianity: The Making of the Christianity-Judaism Divide. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020
- Zev Garber and Kenneth L. Hanson, Judaism and Jesus. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2020.
- Maria Chiara Rioli, A Liminal Church: Refugees, Conversions and the Latin Diocese of Jerusalem. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
- Theodor Dunkelgrün and Paweł Maciejko, Bastards and Believers: Jewish Converts and Conversion from the Bible to the Present. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
- Arthur Yuschak, "Messianic Judaism: On the Way to Church or Synagogue?" Krakow: Domarton, 2019.
- Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez, Conflicted Identities: The Jewish Cardinal and the Jesus Believing Orthodox Rabbi. Grand Prairie: Yaron, 2019.
- Tamar Herzig, A Convert’s Tale: Art, Crime, and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019.
- Lauren Fogle, The King's Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London. Lanham: Lexington, 2018.
- Dominic Rubin, Holy Russia, Sacred Israel: Jewish-Christian Encounters in Russian Religious Thought. Brighton: Academic Studies, 2018.
- Ellie R. Schainker, Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2017.
- Todd M. Endelman, Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
- Simha Goldin, Apostasy and Jewish identity in High Middle Ages Northern Europe: 'Are you still my brother?' Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2014.
- David Rudolph and Joel Willitts, ed., Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial Context and Biblical Foundations. Zondervan: Grand Rapids, 2013.
- Hanna Rucks, Messianische Juden: Geschichte und Theologie der Bewegung in Israel. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014.
- Knut H. Høyland and Jakob W. Nielsen, ed., Chosen to Follow: Jewish Believers Through History and Today. Jerusalem: The Caspari Center for Jewish and Biblical Studies, 2013.
- Kelvin Crombie, Three Sons of Abraham: How three Jewish followers of Jesus influenced the formation of the modern Messianic Jewish movement. Mundaring, WA: Heritage Resources, 2013.
- Borough Park Symposium, The Borough Park Papers, Symposium III: How Jewish Should the Messianic Jewish Community Be?. Clarksville: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2013.
- Borough Park Symposium, The Borough Park Papers, Symposium II: The Deity of Messiah and the Mystery of God. Clarksville: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2012.
- Borough Park Symposium, The Borough Park Papers, Symposium I: The Gospel and the Jewish People. Clarksville: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2012.
- Richard L. Kagan and Abigail Dyer, ed. and trans., Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics. Second Edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- Michael R. Darby, The Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Leiden: Brill Academic, 2010.
- Deborah Hertz, How Jews Became Germans: The History of Conversion and Assimilation in Berlin. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
- David H. Stern, Messianic Judaism: A Modern Movement with an Ancient Past. Second Edition. Clarksville: Lederer Messianic, 2007.
- Peter F. Dembowski, Christians in the Warsaw Ghetto: An Epitaph for the Unremembered. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.
- Judith Deutsch Kornblatt, Doubly Chosen: Jewish Identity, the Soviet Intelligentsia, and the Russian Orthodox Church. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004.
- James F. Tent, In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Nazi Persecution of Jewish-Christian Germans. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003.
- Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ed., Voices of Messianic Judaism: Confronting Critical Issues Facing a Maturing Movement. Baltimore: Lederer, 2001.
- Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Messianic Judaism. London: Continuum, 2000.
- Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
- Carol Harris-Shapiro, Messianic Judaism: A Rabbi's Journey Through Religious Change in America. Boston: Beacon, 1999.
- Shoshanah Feher, Passing Over Easter: Constructing the Boundaries of Messianic Judaism. Walnut Creek: AltaMira, 1998.
- Robert I. Winer, The Calling : The History of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America 1915-1990. Wynnewood: Messianic Jewish Alliance of America, 1990.
- David A. Rausch, Messianic Judaism: Its History Theology and Polity. New York: Edwin Mellen, 1982.
Messianic Judaism in Antiquity
- Ryan D. Collman, The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2023.
- Oskar Skarsaune, Jewish Believers in Jesus: Spain, 300–1300 C. E. Oslo/Jerusalem: Caspari Center, 2022.
- Annette Yoshiko Reed, Jewish-Christianity and the History of Judaism. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018.
- Paula Fredrikse, When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation. New Haven: Yale, 2018.
- Francisco Del Rio Sanchez, ed., Jewish-Christianity and the Origins of Islam: Papers Presented at the Colloquium Held in Washington, DC, October 29-31, 2015 (8th ASMEA Conference). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2018.
- Walter Kaiser, Jewish Christianity: Why Believing Jews and Gentiles Parted Ways in the Early Church. Silverton: Lampion, 2017.
- Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez, Forgotten Origins: The Lost Jewish History of Jesus and Early Christianity. Grand Prairie: Yaron, 2017.
- Maud Kozodoy, The Secret Faith of Maestre-Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
- Tobias Nicklas, Jews and Christians? Second-Century “Christian” Perspectives on the “Parting of the Ways”. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
- Hershel Shanks, ed., Partings: How Judaism and Christianity Became Two. Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 2014.
- Donald H. Carlson, Jewish-Christian Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2013.
- Simon C. Mimouni, Early Judaeo-Christianity: Historical Essays. Leuven: Peeters, 2012.
- F. Stanley Jones, The Rediscovery of Jewish Christianity: From Toland to Baur. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.
- Edwin K. Broadhead, Jewish Ways of Following Jesus: Redrawing the Religious Map of Antiquity. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
- James Carleton Paget, Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
- Adiel Schremer, Brothers Estranged: Heresy, Christianity, and Jewish Identity in Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik, ed., Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early Centuries. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2007.
- Adam H. Becker and Annette Yoshiko Reed, ed., The Ways that Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.
- Matt Jackson-McCabe, ed., Jewish Christianity Reconsidered: Rethinking Ancient Groups and Texts. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.
- Ray A. Pritz, Nazarene Jewish Christianity: From the End of the New Testament Period Until Its Disappearance in the Fourth Century. Skokie: Varda, 2006.
- Daniel Boyarin, Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
- Peter J. Tomson and Doris Lambers-Petry, ed., The Image of the Judaeo-Christians in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003.
- Simon C. Mimouni and F. Stanley Jones, ed., Le Judéo-Christianisme dans tous ses états. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2001.
- Daniel Boyarin, Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
- William Horbury, Jews and Christians in Contact and Controversy. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1998.
- Richard Bauckham, Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church. London: T&T Clark, 1990.
- A. F. J. Klijn and G. J. Reinink, Patristic Evidence for Jewish-Christian Sects. Leiden: Brill Academic, 1973.
- Shlomo Pines, The Jewish Christians of the Early Centuries of Christianity According to a New Source. Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1966.
- Michael Rudolph with Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah: Torah from a New Covenant Perspective. 2 vols. Montgomery Village: Tikkun International, 2019.
- Jeffrey Seif, ed., Messianic Jewish Orthodoxy: The Essence of Our Faith, History and Best Practices. Clarksville: Lederer, 2019.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen: The Resurrected Messiah, the Jewish People, and the Land of Promise. Eugene: Cascade, 2018.
- Stuart Dauermann, Converging Destinies: Jews, Christians, and the Mission of God. Eugene: Cascade, 2017.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Zgłębiając własną tajemnicę. Kościół w żydowskiej myśli mesjańskiej. Bratni Zew Wydawnictwo Franciszkanów, 2017 [Polish translation of Searching Her Own Mystery].
- David Rudolph, A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. Eugene: Pickwick, 2016.
- Peter Hocken, Azusa, Rome, and Zion: Pentecostal Faith, Catholic Reform, and Jewish Roots. Eugene: Pickwick, 2016.
- Peter Hocken, The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements: The Tensions of the Spirit. New York: Routledge, 2016.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Scrutant Son Propre Mystère: Nostra Aetate, le Peuple juif, et l’identité de l’Église. Parole et Silence, 2016 [French translation of Searching Her Own Mystery].
- Mark S. Kinzer, Searching Her Own Mystery: Nostra Aetate, the Jewish People, and the Identity of the Church. Eugene: Cascade, 2015.
- Jennifer M. Rosner, Healing the Schism: Barth, Rosenzweig, and the New Jewish-Christian Encounter. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015.
- Evert W. van de Poll, Messianic Jews and their Holiday Practice: History, Analysis and Gentile Christian Interest. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, 2015.
- Daniel C. Juster, Jewish Roots: Understanding Your Jewish Faith. Revised Edition. Shippensburg: Destiny Image, 2013.
- Lev Gillet, Communion in the Messiah: Studies in the Relationship Between Judaism and Christianity. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2013.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Israel's Messiah and the People of God: A Vision for Messianic Jewish Covenant Fidelity. Eugene: Cascade, 2011.
- Istvan Tatai, The Church and Israel: In Search of a New Model in Post-Holocaust Theology. Budapest: KMTI, 2010.
- Richard Harvey, Mapping Messianic Jewish Theology: A Constructive Approach. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2009.
- David H. Stern, Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians. Clarksville: Lederer, 2009.
- Evert W. van de Poll, Sacred Times for Chosen People, Development, Analysis and Missiological Significance of Messianic Jewish Holiday Practice. Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum, 2008.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Postmissionary Messianic Judaism: Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2005.
- David Friedman, They Loved the Torah: What Yeshua's First Followers Really Thought about the Law. Clarksville: Lederer, 2001.
- Russell Resnik, The Root and the Branches: Jewish Identity in Messiah. Albuquerque: Adat Yeshua, 1997.
- David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Commentary. Clarksville: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1992.
- David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible. Clarksville: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2017.
- Andrew Gregory, The Gospel according to the Hebrews and the Gospel of the Ebionites. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Tree of Life Bible Society, Holy Scriptures: Tree of Life Version. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016.
- James R. Edwards, The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.
Messianic Jewish Prayer Books
- Kirk Gliebe, ed. Budoff Bencher: A Book of Blessings & Songs for a Messianic Jewish Home. Devar Emet Messianic Publications, 2023.
- Mark S. Kinzer, Daily Liturgy for Jewish Disciples of Yeshua. Columbia, SC: Yachad BeYeshua, 2022.
- Daniel C. Juster, New Covenant Siddur: A Yeshua-Centered Messianic Jewish Worship Book. Frederick: Tikkun America, 2019.
- Isaac S. Roussel, Siddur Kehillat Zera Avraham: Morning Service for Shabbat, Festival Amidah, Hallel. Ann Arbor: Congregation Zera Avraham, 2019.
- Isaac S. Roussel, Siddur Kehillat Zera Avraham: Erev Shabbat, Zichron Mashiach, Havdalah. Ann Arbor: Congregation Zera Avraham, 2019.
- Isaac S. Roussel, Machzor Kehillat Zera Avraham: Rosh Hashanah. Ann Arbor: Congregation Zera Avraham, 2019.
- Isaac S. Roussel, Machzor Kehillat Zera Avraham: Yom Kippur. Ann Arbor: Congregation Zera Avraham, 2019.
- Isaac S. Roussel, Siddur Kehillat Zera Avraham: Evening Service for Tisha B'Av. Ann Arbor: Congregation Zera Avraham, 2019.
- Kirk Gliebe, ed., A Messianic Jewish Siddur for Shabbat and Festivals. Translated by Barry A. Budoff. Skokie: Devar Emet Messianic Publications, 2017.
- FFOZ, The Sabbath Table: Prayers, Blessings, and Songs for the Sabbath. Marshfield: Vine of David, 2014.
- John Fischer, Messianic Services for the Festivals & Holy Days. Palm Harbor: Menorah Ministries, 1992.
- John Fischer and David Bronstein, Siddur for Messianic Jews. Palm Harbor: Menorah Ministries, 1987.
Messianic Jewish Biographies and Writings (19th-20th Century)
- Jennifer M. Rosner, Finding Messiah: A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel. Downers Grove: IVP, 2022.
- Kai Kjaer-Hansen, Joseph Rabinowitz and the Messianic Movement: The Herzl of Jewish Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
- Jordan G Levy and D. Thomas Lancaster, ed., The Everlasting Jew: Selected Writings of Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein. Marshfield: Vine of David, 2013.
- Paul Philip Levertoff, The Religious Thought of the Chasidim. Marshfield: Vine of David, 2017.
- Chaim Yedidiah Pollak (A.K.A. Theophilus Lucky), Testimony to Israel. Marshfield: Vine of David, 2016.
- Raymond Lillevik, Apostates, Hybrids or True Jews? Jewish Christians and Jewish Identity in Eastern Europe, 1860-1914. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014.
- Shalom Goldman, Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity: Seven Twentieth-Century Converts. Lanham: Lexington, 2015.
- Anita Dittman with Jan Markell, Trapped in Hitler's Hell: A Young Jewish Girl Discovers the Messsiah's Faithfulness in the Midst of the Holocaust. Silverton: Lighthouse Trails, 2015.
- Owen Power, Hugh Schonfield: A Case Study of Complex Jewish Identities. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2013.
- Paul Philip Levertoff, Love and the Messianic Age: With Introduction, Biography, Bibliography, and Explanatory Notes. Marshfield: Vine of David, 2009.
- Rachmiel Frydland, When Being Jewish Was a Crime. Messianic Publishing, 1998.
- Edith S. Weigand, Out of the Fury: The Incredible Odyssey of Eliezer Urbach. Denver: Zhera, 1987.
- Yohanna Chernoffwith Jimi Miller, Born a Jew…Die a Jew: The Story of Martin Chernoff - A Pioneer in Messianic Judaism. Hagerstown: Ebed, 1996.
- Nechama Tec, In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
- Ronda Chervin, ed., The Ingrafting: The Conversion Stories of Ten Hebrew- Catholics. Petersham: St. Bede’s Press, 1987.
- Elias Friedman, Jewish Identity. St. Louis: The Miriam Press, 1987.
- Jakób Jocz, The Life and Times of Moishe Litvak. Unpublished.
- Jakób Jocz, The Jewish People and Jesus Christ After Auschwitz: A Study in the Controversy Between Church and Synagogue. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
- Jakób Jocz, The Jewish People and Jesus Christ: A Study in the Controversy Between Church and Synagogue. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979.
- Jakób Jocz, Christians and Jews: Encounter and Mission. London: S.P.C.K., 1966.
- Jakób Jocz, The Spiritual History of Israel. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961.
- Jakób Jocz, A Theology of Election: Israel and the Church. London: S.P.C.K, 1958.
- Jakób Jocz, Is It Nothing to You? London: S.P.C.K, 1941.
Messianic Jewish Discipleship
- Stuart Dauermann, Eat This Book! Strength for Your Journey with the Jewish Jesus. Camino Island, WA: Heart Ally, 2022.
- Michael Rudolph, Collected Sermons and Writings on Subjects Useful for Bible Studies and Practical Godly Living. 2 vols. Frederick: Tikkun America, 2020.
- Daniel Nessim, Derech Yeshua: The Way of Yeshua: A Jewish Guide to Faith Regarding Messiah Yeshua. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2020.
- Daniel C. Juster, Growing to Maturity: A Messianic Jewish Discipleship Guide. Clarksville: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2011.
Messianic Jewish Apologetics
- Michael L. Brown, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus V: Traditional Jewish Objections. San Francisco: Purple Pomegranate, 2009.
- Michael L. Brown, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus IV: New Testament Objections. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.
- Michael L. Brown, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus III: Messianic Prophecy Objections. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.
- Michael L. Brown, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus II: Theological Objections. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
- Michael L. Brown, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus I: General and Historical Objections. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.