Child of the Covenant

by Michele Guinness

This biography tells of a Jewish girl rediscovering her roots by finding Christ. Michele Guinness was brought up to observe all the traditions and ritual of her Jewish culture. An encounter with a Christian raised many questions for her, and she turned to the Bible for the answers.
In this account, Michele tells how she came face to face with the Messiah and had to make sense of being both Jewish and Christian.

Genres: Biography, Christian, Jewish, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 1985

Reviews

[Catherine Bean · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this quote from the book "The more Christianity is put back into its Jewish context, the richer it becomes. Judaism enlightens Christianity and Christianity completes Judaism. The two were never supposed to be in conflict."
How much we as Christians can learn from our Jewish Roots - a deeper understanding brings a wholeness to our worship and a knowledge of Jesus as a Messiah.
On a personal note, her discussion on the stress that the Church puts onto a clergy family rang true. As a Anglican minister's daughter, I had a similar experience of the Church undermining family time - every night the phone would ring for my father when we sat down for dinner and every evening after supper, there would be evening meetings or bible studies or sessions with parishioners. I thank God that he protected me from resentment and that he gave me an extended family and community in the church that we were in at the time.
This book is worth a read to get an account of how Michele Guiness made sense of being Jewish and a Christian.

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although a very old book written in 1985 I can say to my shame that I'd never read it before but now I would say I'd been missing a treasure. So well written, this is real 'page turning stuff'. The story of Michele's Jewish upbringing, the challenge faced with her becoming a Christian and then falling in love with a Christian who is eventually called to be a Church of England vicar, all told in a riveting way. I learnt so much too about the Jewish faith which has wetted my appetite to learn more. I thoroughly recommend this book not only for its captivating story but also for its fantastic authorship and I look forward to reading more by this author.

[Joan Reid]

Excellent.