Sunday, September 28, 2008

Christian/Jewish Dialogue

Many seekers of Torah truth today are coming from the Christian tradition, from one stream of the Christian tradition or another. Some feel they can leave the Christian tradition behind them entirely and enter the road of conversion to Judaism. Others do not want to leave the Christian tradition behind them but, rather, desire to rectify their spiritual inheritance and experience. Many of these would say that it is the very teacher of Christianity, Jesus, (Yehoshua) who is ultimately leading them to seek the truth of the Torah. For such people, clarification of what a Christian/Jewish dialogue might be is of the greatest importance.
One fact should always be clear right up front. There cannot be a complete dialogue with Judaism without a dialogue involving some aspect of Jewish Kabbalah.