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It is not unusual for a group to construct a false genealogical myth, that is, one that is
empirically unfounded, in order to create for itself a new story, a new mythic purpose in
the world, a new ideology and sense of rootedness. It appears that this may be the
impulse that gave birth to this teaching. What it tells us is that Messianic Jews have an
important task ahead to offer to the Christian world a clearly-articulated theology of
Israel. We should not forget that, up until the time of the Holocaust, the only formally
developed theology available to Christians was a supersessionist theology. Since the time
of the Holocaust, several Christian theologians have made important efforts to
contemplate the theology of the Apostolic Writings in light of a sincere and open
dialogue with the Jewish world.192 The Messianic world would do well to encourage the
dissemination of these theological works to the Christian world as well.