Messianic Judaism

The Messianic Judaism is a heteroclite whole of religious movements combining a Christian Théologie with a Jewish religious practice, in light of the Juifs affirming the messianity of Yechoua- Jesus. These movements can as well comprise Jewish members in majority as of the members in majorities non-juifs.
Le the most known group, though not the most important of number, is very discussed Jews for Jesus . Its posted goals are to educate the Christians evangelic on the Jewish origins of their faith, and to convert the Jews with the Christianisme.

Though many Messianic Jews are ethniquement, and halakhiquement , Juifs (source???)(i.e. could be regarded as Juifs even according to the orthodoxe standards), the Messianic Judaism is not recognized as legitimate by some Jewish organization that it is, including the reformed Juifs, with share two votes dissenting and marginal of reformed source or reconstructionnist, namely Rabbanit Carol Harris-Shapiro and Rav reformed daN Cohn-Sherbok.

The Messianic Jews generally recognize themselves for Christians, while stressing the importance of their Jewish identity which they make a point of preserving, like some of their traditions, in so far as they are in agreement with the Gospel.

The majority of the Messianic communities are gathered within the IMJA (International Messianic Jewish Alliance), whose seat is in the United States. The French branch of the IMJA is the AFJM (French-speaking Alliance of the Messianic Jews).

Before 1939, the number of Messianic Jews was estimated at 100.000. After the war and the horrors of the Holocaust, communities reconstituted themselves in particular in the United States. Today, they would be 500.000, mainly on the American continent. Other sources (1) (2) speak about a number around 50.000 adhering including 40.000 with the the United States. This figure appears much more probable taking into account the median number of people affiliated to a congregation (approximately 100, some being very small) and the number of Messianic temples (approximately 200 in the world including 2/3 in the United States).

Not to confuse with the " Judaism messianiste" at the origin of the primitive Christianity.

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • IMJA

    • Jewish
  • AFJM
  • for Jesus
  • Bethyeshoua (Belgian Messianic movement)
  • Rum Orthodox Ivri
  • Article of the newspaper Haaretz
  • Jews For Judaism, Web site anti-missionary

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