JUDAISM IS NOT JEWISH:
A Friendly Critique of the Messianic Movement
By Baruch Maoz. Mentor/CFP and Christian Witness to Israel. 399 pages
ISBN 1 85792 787 7
Although this book is aimed at Messianic Jews, and those tempted in that direction, it will have a wider appeal and usefulness.
The author, a Jewish Christian pastor who lives in Israel, is concerned about those Jews who, professing faith in Jesus as Messiah, still cling to Judaistic religious language and practices. What is of even greater concern in some ways is the fact that many well-meaning Gentiles are moving in that direction, for a variety of motives. Baruch Maoz is wholeheartedly and proudly Jewish, but rejects the Rabbinic teaching which, he believes, threatens the purity of the gospel, much as it did in the apostle Paul's day.
