Recommended Books Archives - Our Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/tag/recommended-books/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:28:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 31550207 Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land https://ourrabbijesus.com/israel-matters-a-book-i-highly-recommend/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/israel-matters-a-book-i-highly-recommend/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:15:33 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=14122 Friends – It’s not often that I read a book that I feel so strongly about that I decide to offer it from my own website store. I just did this for Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land by Gerald McDermott (Brazos Press, 2017) List ($22.00) ($14.99) Why? […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/israel-matters-a-book-i-highly-recommend/feed/ 3 14122 A Seriously Great New Book https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-seriously-great-new-book/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-seriously-great-new-book/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:12:30 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=4815 I don’t write many book reviews, but I wanted to share a new book that I’m really enjoying. It’s Seriously Dangerous Religion, (Baylor, 2014) by Iain Provan, Old Testament professor at Regent College. The subtitle is “What the Old Testament Really Says and Why it Matters.” In it he traces out the biblical story as […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-seriously-great-new-book/feed/ 1 4815 A Christian’s Favorite Jewish Books on the Bible https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-christians-favorite-jewish-books-on-the-bible/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-christians-favorite-jewish-books-on-the-bible/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:45:52 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2370 Last week the yearly Torah study began again. The scrolls have been rewound from Deuteronomy back to Genesis, and once again, Jews will ruminate over Adam and Eden and Abel. Week by week over thousands of years, they’ve engaged in the study of the Pentateuch together. Often I’m asked what my favorite resources are for […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-christians-favorite-jewish-books-on-the-bible/feed/ 11 2370 Great Books for Learning to Walk Like Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/best-books-learning-walk-like-jesus/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/best-books-learning-walk-like-jesus/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:43:10 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2269 A while ago I wrote a blog called “Good First Reads About Jesus’ Jewish Context” which shared what I’d give to people who are just beginning to learn about Hebraic studies. Many of you wonder what else I recommend. You’d think that the next books I’d suggest would be more history. But discipleship is my […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/best-books-learning-walk-like-jesus/feed/ 15 2269 Good First Reads about Jesus’ Jewish Context https://ourrabbijesus.com/good-first-reads-about-jesus-jewish-context/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/good-first-reads-about-jesus-jewish-context/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:14:34 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2145 Many ask me what the first books I’d recommend are to read if you want to learn about Jesus and the Bible in their Hebraic context. Below I’ve shared a short list of where to start. One thing I always tell people is that before they start studying, they need to have a firm grasp […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/good-first-reads-about-jesus-jewish-context/feed/ 13 2145 The Gospel According to Moses https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-according-to-moses/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-according-to-moses/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:28:13 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=586 Dickson shares his fascinating story of how he, as a conservative Christian, started attending a study of the weekly Torah reading at a local Reform Jewish synagogue. He eloquently recounts how it expanded and deepened his faith. While he relates how it challenged him to rethink some of what he believed, he also looks at […]

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