Resources for Your Study and Encouragement

Listed are numerous resources, Messianic Jewish, Historial Jewish, Fiction and Scripture. They can be found through the various search engines on the internet. Please make note of why some titles have been marked with *.

Beth David does not necessarily endorse all of the information contained in each resource. We must be like the Bereans and "search out the scriptures to see if the things we have been told are true."

* CAUTION - Contains graphic historic depictions of pagan worship and lifestyle.

Scripture Sources

Berlin, Adele and Brettler, Marc Zvi Editors. The Jewish Study Bible - Tanakh. (Oxford Press, 2004)

Stern, David

  • Complete Jewish Bible (Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1998)
  • Jewish New Testament (Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1991)
  • Jewish New Testament Commentary (Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992)

A Bible study resource for your computer. Many versions are available, some require a small donation.

Messianic Sources

Bell, Bob - The Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith (Zondervan, 2006)
                  [*Thought provoking. Not specifically "Messianic," but on the way!]

Booker, Richard - Jesus in the Feasts of Israel ~ Restoring the Spiritual Realities of the Feasts of the Church (Sounds of the Trumpet, 1978)

Brickner, David - Christ in the Feast of Tabernacles (Moody, 2006)

Dickson, Athol - The Gospel According to Moses ~What My Jewish Friends Taught Me About Jesus (Brazos Press, 2003)

Edersheim, Alfred - The Temple: Its Ministry and Service (updated version, Hendrickson Publishers Inc., 1994)

Finto, Don - Your People Shall Be My People (Regal Books, 1973)

Friedman, David Ph.D - The Loved The Torah ~ What Yeshua's First Followers Really Thought About the Law (Lederer Books, 2001)

Heidler, Dr. Robert D. - The Messianic Church Arising! Restoring the Church to Our Covenant Roots (Glory of Zion Ministries, 2006)

Kasdan, Barney

  • God's Appointed Customs ~ A Messianic Jewish Guide to Biblical Life Cycle and Lifestyle (Messianic Jewish Publishers, 1996)
  • God's Appointed Times ~ A Practical Guide for Understanding and Celebrating the Biblical Holidays (Messianic Jewish Publishers, 1993)

Landcaster, D. Thomas - Restoration: Returning the Torah of God to the Disciples of Jesus (First Fruits of Zion, 2005)

Stern, David

  • Messianic Judaism: A Modern Movement With an Ancient Past ~ formerly the Messianic Jewish Manifesto (Messianic Jewish Resources International, 2007)
  • Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians (Messianic Jewish Resources International; 1st edition, 1988)

Wilson, Marvin - Our Father Abraham ~ Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith (Eerdmans Publication, 1989)

Historical Sources

Brown, Michael - Our Hands Are Stained With Blood ~ The Tragic Story of the "Church" and the Jewish People (Destiny Image, 1992)

Cahill, Thomas

  • * The Gift of the Jews: How a Tribe of Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Doubleday, 1998)
  • * Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Doubleday, 2001)
  • * Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Doubleday, 2003)

Johnson, Paul - A History of the Jews (Harper & Rowe, 1987)

Kertzer, David - The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism (Knopf, 2001)

Roth, Cecil - The Spanish Inquistioin (W.W. Norton Co, 1964)

Wylen, Stephen - The Jews In the Time of Jesus (Paulist Press, 1996)

Jewish Sources

Artson, Rabbi Bradley Shavit - The Bedside Torah ~ Wisdom, Visions and Dreams (Contemparary Books/McGraw Hill, 2001)

Blatner, David and Falcon, Rabbi Ted Ph.D. - Judaism for Dummies (Hungry Minds, 2001)

Cohen, Abraham - Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of Rabbinic Sages (Schoken Books, 1949)

Heschel, Abraham Joshua - The Sabbath (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1951)

Kushner, Harold S. - To Life! A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking (Warner Books, 1993)

Prager, Dennis and Telushkin, Joseph - Why The Jews? The Reason for Anti-Semitism (Touchstone, 1983/2003)

Steyn, Mark - America Alone ~ The End of the World As We Know It (Regnery Publications, Inc., 2006)

Wigoder, Geoffrey, Editor - The New Encyclopedia of Judaism (New York University Press, 1998/2002)

Fiction

Arthur, Kay - * Israel My Beloved (Harvest House Publishers, 2001)

Uris, Leon - Exodus (Bantam, 1983)

Mitchener, James - * The Source (Fawcett, 1986)


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