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Rediscover the Jewish roots of your faith! David Stern's Jewish New Testament Commentary offers an exciting way for Christians to understand the New Testament from a Jewish perspective. A messianic Jew living in Jerusalem, Stern seeks to bridge the spiritual and cultural gap between Christians and Jews as he relates the New Testament text to the Tanakh (Old Testament), the historical setting of the first century, rabbinic writings, and Christian theology. An engaging and informative resource! 948 pages, hardcover, Lederer.

If you're a student of Greek, you'll appreciate this handy volume. It gives you the complete Septuagint text in parallel columns with Brenton's English translation. You'll gain a better understanding of the Scriptures because the Septuagint vocabulary is frequently found in quotations and terms used by the New Testament writers. 1378 pages, hardcover from Hendrickson.

Professor Juel has given us a brilliant work of disciplined imagination. Needless to say, there is room for criticism of and disagreement with Professor Juel's conclusions. For the most part the detailed discussions do not obscure our view of the forest, but sometimes the argument is not as clear as it might be. His book makes an extremely valuable contribution not only to the study of how the earliest Christians interpreted the Hebrew Scriptures but also to our understanding of Christian origins. Moreover, I should agree that the conclusions of the book are crucial for contemporary Christian theology because they mean we must "begin with the cross." Finally, Professor Juel rightly recognizes that he has by no means brought the discussion to an end. His study "requires several additional volumes." Let us hope that he will continue his work and supply us with some of those volumes.

Beginning in the Pentateuch and working through the Old Testament to the Minor Prophets, the author delineates texts that are direct messianic prophecies and examines their meaning and development within the flow of G-d's plan. The reader will gain an understanding of G-d's process for bringing the Messiah to earth through the nation of Israel, and of his intent to bring the saving knowledge of Christ to the world through them.

Dr. Jeff Feinberg is leader of Congregation Etz Chaim in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where he encourages Jews and Gentiles, believers in Yeshua and those with willing hearts, to search for G-d in His Word. Torah is his song, nurturing others in the Word of G-d his passion. Jeff has taught at all levels and chaired education nationally for the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. He has studied at the university of California at Berkeley, University of Chicago, Stanford University, Trinity International university, and the UMJC Yeshiva. (Bio information from the UMJC website.)

We were privileged to sit under Jeff's teaching at the Messiah 2001 conference. He is a delightful story-teller and gifted Torah teacher.