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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781684703321

Autore

Darby Michael R

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-283-16075-7

9786613160751

90-04-21627-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, , 0169-8834 ; ; v. 128

Disciplina

274.1/081089924

Soggetti

Jewish Christians - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Great Britain Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.