Messianic Judaism (Topical Term)

Dict. of Christianity in America, 1990: p. 595 (Messianic Judaism; Messianic Jews wished to continue following the Mosaic law as a cultural practice)

Encyc. Amer. Rel.: p. 518 (Messianic Judaism)

Here are entered works on the modern religious movement that holds that it is possible to identify completely with Jewish culture and religion and to believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Works on various movements throughout Jewish history that strive for an independent political existence of the Jewish people under a Davidic leader and world-wide renewal are entered under Jewish messianic movements.

Note under Jewish messianic movements