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Reading List

Following are some books that I highly suggest you read. I may come though here and give a description of them later, but for now the list is just broken up into some basic categories.

Judaism:

• To be a Jew by Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin
• Everyman’s Talmud by Rabbi Abraham Cohen
• God in Search of Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel
• A Jewish Theology by Louis Jacobs
• Hasidic Thought by Louis Jacobs

Messianic Judaism:

• Post-Missionary Messianic Judaism by Dr. Mark Kinzer
• Torah Rediscovered by Ariel and D’vorah Berkowitz
• Take hold (sequel to Torah Rediscovered) by Ariel and D’vorah Berkowitz
• The Body of Faith by Dr. Michael Wyschogrod
• Communion in the Messiah by Lev Gillet

Yeshua:

• The Resurrection of Jesus: A Jewish Perspective by Pinchas Lapide
• Jewish Objections to Jesus (3-volume series) by Dr. Michael Brown
• Jesus the Jewish Theologian by Brad Young
• Jesus and Judaism by E. P. Sanders
• Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell
• He Walked Among Us by Josh McDowell

Rabbi Sha’ul:

• Paul the Jewish Theologian by Brad Young
• Paul and Palestinian Judaism by E. P. Sanders

Torat HaShlichim Study:

• The Complete Jewish Bible or The Jewish New Testament, translated by Dr. David Stern
• The Jewish New Testament Commentary by Dr. David Stern
• The Mystery of Romans by Mark Nanos
• The Irony of Galatians by Mark Nanos
• The Sermon on the Mount by Pinchas Lapide

Living for Messiah/Misc.

• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
• The Cost of Discipleship by Deitrich Bonhoeffer
• No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green by Melody Green

Fiction:

• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Any of the Jack Ryan series of books by Tom Clancy
• Works of alternate history by Harry Turtledove
• The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
• The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum
• Any of the various Star Trek books out there