Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 4: New Testament Objections

by Michael L. Brown

A Jewish person has different objections to Jesus than an atheist, yet most apologetics books are geared toward conversing with non-religious people about the gospel. Michael L. Brown, a Jewish believer in Jesus, has been writing popular books on talking with Jews about the Messiah for years. Now he takes those discussions even further with this newest volume of Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus.

It focuses on the New Testament and traditional Jewish objections to Jesus, giving believers the important background information they need when discussing matters of faith with people who share many of their beliefs. This book is the perfect starting point for gentile and Jewish Christians who wish to speak intelligently with their Jewish friends or family.

Genres: Judaism, Christian, Christianity, Reference, Religion, Theology

382 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

Michael L. Brown (born March 16, 1955) is a Messianic Jewish Old Testament scholar, professor, activist, itinerant speaker, and author who has preached in numerous countries and written twenty books. He is the founder and president of ICN Ministries. His writings have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He was married to Nancy Gurian on March 14, 1976 and they have two daughters, Jennifer and Megan, and four grandchildren.

Reviews

[Nelson Banuchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent and exciting read providing lots of information regarding the legitimacy and appropriateness of the New Testament for Jewish beliefs and how to counter Jewish objections, many bother own Rabbinic writings and traditions, to the New Testament. What is really good is that Dr. Brown provides quotes and citations from Jewish tradition and Rabbis writings can be confirmed on sites like https://www.sefaria.org/texts. Dr. Brown provides what appears to be thorough explanations of objections. Some of those objections covered, and what I though were the most interesting were:

– New Testament misquotes and misinterpretations of the Old Testament
– The Messiah, David’s so
– Jesus cannot be the Messiah.
– Proof authors of the NT had no idea what they were talking about
– Jesus of the New Testament is hardly Jewish
– Paul, the founder of Christianity, messed it all up
– Jesus abolished the law

And these are only 7 of the 34 objections listed and discussed in the book. This is a must read for anyone interested the the relationship between Jewish and Christian religious beliefs or who wants to be witnessing to the Jews.

[Martin]

Too slow flow and story, too complicated to read. The book looked like being written long to win a first place in the "longest-book-ever-written" catalog of the year. It may be useful for academics as a source of information and arguments against opposition but for a regular reader, busy person, this becomes too overwhelming. Gave up on this book for now.

[Dusan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Michael L. Brown's approach towards New Testament is based on the pure spirit, and not only on the letter.

[Bob Mendelsohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Brown, straight, nothing harsh to those who criticize, and a good series of answers to some hard questions. Thanks Michael!