Is the Messianic movement merely a subculture, product, of the West ?
Does it reflect the Way of the ancient heroes, prophets, sages of the Bible and ancient Israel (in the same sense Hinduism currently reflects the ancient Hindu way and Islam reflects the ancient Islamic way) ?
As an example, Tehillim/Psalms being the largest book of the Bible, one would expect music to be an important part of worship. Exodus and the other books of the Torah being concerned with how people shall dress, eat, etc. one would expect that these "superficial" or external things would have value, yet they are almost impossible for the modern man to even visualize, as is evident in the amateurish quality of most "Jesus movies."
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[FONT=HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif]I feel like most Messianics and for that matter most people making "Hebrew music", "Hebrew art" etc. have some kind of agenda rather than being historical reconstructionists, so it may well be that this culture is lost forever, musically, artistically, architecturally and otherwise. And these things have value, don't you agee?
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How can a culture be said to be living, if it is not expressed in mediums such as these?
It seems the Messianic movement is just another Western (and hence Greek-Roman-Catholic-German-American) subculture rather than having anything truly to do with the Maccabees, Israelites or pre-exilic Jews.
As opposed to the contra- or anti-Hellenic Maccabees, and the simply non-Hellenic ancient Israelites, the modern Messianic/Nazarene/etc. seems to be part of the Western, and hence (ultimately) the Greco-Roman culture, which is saddening.
Does it reflect the Way of the ancient heroes, prophets, sages of the Bible and ancient Israel (in the same sense Hinduism currently reflects the ancient Hindu way and Islam reflects the ancient Islamic way) ?
As an example, Tehillim/Psalms being the largest book of the Bible, one would expect music to be an important part of worship. Exodus and the other books of the Torah being concerned with how people shall dress, eat, etc. one would expect that these "superficial" or external things would have value, yet they are almost impossible for the modern man to even visualize, as is evident in the amateurish quality of most "Jesus movies."
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[FONT=HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif]I feel like most Messianics and for that matter most people making "Hebrew music", "Hebrew art" etc. have some kind of agenda rather than being historical reconstructionists, so it may well be that this culture is lost forever, musically, artistically, architecturally and otherwise. And these things have value, don't you agee?
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How can a culture be said to be living, if it is not expressed in mediums such as these?
It seems the Messianic movement is just another Western (and hence Greek-Roman-Catholic-German-American) subculture rather than having anything truly to do with the Maccabees, Israelites or pre-exilic Jews.
As opposed to the contra- or anti-Hellenic Maccabees, and the simply non-Hellenic ancient Israelites, the modern Messianic/Nazarene/etc. seems to be part of the Western, and hence (ultimately) the Greco-Roman culture, which is saddening.
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