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Jon Stewart: Nominal Messianic Jew?

Jan 29, 2009 20:37

Aired January 28, 2009 (an unplanned error ( Read more... )

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pmw January 30 2009, 15:09:53 UTC
I've never heard of that happening before. I thought that a Messianic Jew was a Jew who accepted Jesus (Yeshua) as Messiah and God-incarnate. In other words, isn't Messianic Judaism a type of Christianity? I think that they maintain some distinctly Jewish elements, such as observing the Jewish Sabbath and holidays, staying kosher, and practicing circumcision. But I'm not an expert. I don't know why a gentile would become a Messianic Jew. (It seems pretty clear in the New Testament that kosher laws and circumcision don't apply to gentile Christians.)

Of course, I don't really believe that Stewart is Messianic -- he's just ignorant of Judaism.

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