TY  - BOOK
AU  - Devir, Natan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022//
TI  - First-century christians in twenty-first century Africa: between law and grace in Gabon and Madagascar
T3  - Studies of religion in Africa volume 50
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Jewish Christians
KW  - Gabon
KW  - Madagascar
KW  - Messianic Judaism
AB  - Millions of African Christians who consider themselves genealogical descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel-in other words, Jewish by ethnicity, but Christian in terms of faith-are increasingly choosing a religious affiliation that honors both of these identities. Their choice: Messianic Judaism. Messianic adherents emulate the Christians of the first century, observing the Jewish commandments while also affirming the salvational grace of Yeshua (Jesus). As the first comparative ethnography of such "fulfilled Jews" on the African continent, this book presents case studies that will enrich our understanding of one of global Christianity's most overlooked iterations
SN  - 9789004507708
UR  - https://brill.com/abstract/title/57308
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004507708
DO  - 10.1163/9789004507708
LA  - English
N1  - by Nathan P. Devir
ID  - 180642200X
ER  -