Messianic Judaism Quest

The question of how Messianic Jews should relate to the writings of the New Testament has largely been circumvented by the largely historical evangelical association of most Messianic Jewish communities.

These communities typically differ little in their view of the New Testament as the inspired Word of G-d having superior or in some cases equal authority to the Hebrew Scriptures. The New Testament typically serves as the sieve through which the Hebrew Scripturesare viewed
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The reality is that most Messianic Jews do not wish to review this and other questions I will raise for fear of being labeled heretical by contemporary Christianity. Intellectual honesty does not hold much wait for many individuals I have met that label themselves Messianic.

Yet these are the type of questions I will endeavor to ask and when possible answer to the best of my knowledge, research, and conviction without concern or constraints imposed by Christian theological presuppositions and systems.

Sadly, I believe that many Messianic Jews are largely uniformed on the complexity of how the canon of the New Testament was formed nor the issues that a wholesale adoption of conventional views on canon may entail. This is not to reject the New Testament in its current form, but to raise questions regarding the historical as well as theological background to the process of canonization.

In a subsequent posts I will review some basic facts about the canon and review the problems that Messianic Jews should consider in approaching the New Testament as conventionally understood.

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