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Shomrai HaBrit - Keepers of the Covenant's Recommended Reading

Counter Missionary Resources
Personal Accounts
Debates of the Past
The Historical Jesus and Beginings of Christainity
Jewish Literacy

Counter Missionary Resources:

  • David Berger and Michael Wyschograd, Jews and 'Jewish Christianity' Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1978.
  • Michoel Drazin, Their Hollow Inheritance: A Comprehensive Refutation of Christain Missionaries G.M. Publications, 1990.
  • Gary D. Eisenberg, Smashing the Idols: A Jewish Inquiry into the Cult Phenomenon Jason Aronson, Inc., 1988 (chs 12-14).
  • Dov Aharoni Fisch, Jews for Nothing Feldheim Publishers. 1984 (chapter 1).
  • Aryeh Kaplan, The Real Messiah? A Jewish Response to Missionaries National Conference of Synagogue Youth, 1985.
  • Samuel Levine, You Take Jesus, I'll Take G-d: How to Refute Christain Missionaries Hamoroh Press, 1980.
  • Gerald Sigal, The Jew and the Christain Missionary: A Jewish Response to Missionary Christianity, Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1981.
  • Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, Judaism and Christainity: The Differences Jonathan David Publishers Inc., 1993 (first published in 1943).

    Personal Accounts:

  • Kimberly E. Hanke, Turning to Torah: The Emerging Noachide Movement Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995. (valuable since Ms. Hanke was a Gentile attendee of a so-called Messianic Synagogue)
  • Ellen Kamentsky, Hawking G-d: A Young Jewish Woman's Ordeal in Jews for Jesus, Sapphire Press, 1992.
  • Shlomoh Sherman Escape from Jesus: One Man's Search for a Meaningful Judaism, Decalogue Books, 1986.

    Debates of the Past:

  • David Berger, trans. The Jewish-Christain Debate in the High Middle Ages, Jason Aronson, Inc., 1979.
  • Ramban (Nachmadides) The Disputation at Barcelona Dr. Charles B. Chavel, trans, Shilo Publishing House, Inc., 1983.

    The Historical Jesus and Beginnings of Christianity:

  • Lillian C. Freudmann, Antisemitism in the New Testament University Press of America, Inc., 1994 (valuable background on the historical development of Christainity, the Judaism at the time of Jesus, and Jewish views of many passages used by missionaries).
  • Sheryl Ann Karas, The Solstice Evergreen: The History, Folklore and Origins of the Christmas Tree Aslan Publishing, 1991 (pp 71-78 are especially valuable)
  • Hyam Maccoby, Revolution in Judaea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1973
  • Hyam Maccoby, Judas Iscariot and the Myth of Jewish Evil The Free Press (a division of Macmillan, Inc.), 1992.
  • Hyam Maccoby, The Myth-maker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity HaperSanFrancisco (a divison of HarperCollins), 1987.
    Paul and Hellenism SCM Press and Trinity Press International, 1991.>
  • Joseph McCabe The Myth of the Resurrection, and Other Essays Prometheus Books, 1993.
  • William Nicholls, Christain Antisemitism: A History of Hate Jason Aronson Inc., 1993 (valuable since the author, a former Anglican clergyman, discusses the development of Christianity and the historical Jesus).

    Jewish Literacy:

  • Harold S. Kushner, To Life!: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking
  • Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin, The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism
  • Milton Steinberg, Basic Judaism
  • Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
  • Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Wisdom: Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers
  • Joseph Telushkin, Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible

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