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15 January 2005 Pope John Paul II reflects on the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz #otdimjh #onthisday
Messianic Jews, as both Jews and believers in Yeshua, are challenged to ponder the theological significance of the Holocaust. When I surveyed Messianic Jewish Theology I found only a few had attempted this difficult task, which combines theodicy (how can … Continue reading
13 January 1898 Émile Zola publishes open letter “J’accuse” on the trial of Alfred Dreyfus #Otdimjh #onthisday
Alfred Dreyfus Émile Zola At this time of tragedy and … Continue reading
12 January 1978 Rhineland Evangelical Church pubilshes “Towards Renovation of the Relationship of Christians and Jews” #onthisday #otdimjh
The Synod of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, a leading voice within the EKD, proposes steps for the construction of a new relationship between Christians and Jews. These groundbreaking theses lack only one thing – the recognition, invitation and … Continue reading
9 January 1880 The Jewish Chronicle calls for a History of Jewish believers in Jesus #onthisday #otdimjh
The Jewish Chronicle calls for a History of Jewish believers in Jesus: The day has arrived when the history of converted Jews must be written before it is too late to remember the necessary data. Rewards should be granted, the … Continue reading
#otdimjh #onthisday 31 December 335 Sylvester day – celebrated today in Israel – commemorating the Pope who oversaw the Council of Nicaea
Silvester or Sylvester is the day of the Feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope of the Catholic Church from 314 to 335 and oversaw both the First Council of Nicaea and Roman Emperor Constantine I’s … Continue reading
#onthisday #otdmijh 30 December 1576 Converso poet, Hebraist and theologian Luis de Léon released from prison for translating Song of Songs into Latin
Fray Luis Ponce de León (Belmonte, Castile, Spain, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591) was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar and theologian and academic, active during the Spanish Golden Age. Today he is … Continue reading
#onthisday #otdimjh 28 December 1902 Birth of Mortimer Adler, popular philosopher, self-styled “Jew, Pagan, Agnostic, Episcopalian and Roman Catholic”
Mortimer Adler(December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was a philosopher, educator, and popular author. He is best known for his classic of American popular culture, “How to Read a Book”. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic … Continue reading
#onthisday #otdimjh 27 December 1814 Charles Simeon attends his first London Society (CMJ) Board Meeting
Charles Simeon (24 September 1759 – 13 November 1836) was a leading clergyman within the Evangelical party of the Church of England. When he began his ministry at Holy Trinity, Cambridge, he was so unpopular that the Churchwardens barred his … Continue reading
#otdimjh #onthisday 25 December 1821 birth of David Christian Ginsburg, missionary, scholar and exposer of fake Deuteronomy scroll
Bernstein summarises a distinguished academic career, but Ginsburg achieved public fame through his part in exposing one of the great frauds of the century, in disproving the claims of another fellow Jewish believer in Yeshua to have discovered an early … Continue reading
#Otdimjh #onthisday 24 December 1804 Birth of Raphael Hirsch – Dr Joiachim Heinrich Biesenthal aka Corvé, Karl Ignaz
Perhaps the greatest scholar of the 19th century Hebrew Christians, Biesenthal was widely known, but I have been unable to find a photograph of him. The account in Bernstein reads: Biesenthal, Dr. Joiachim Heinrich—or, to give him his birth-name, Raphael … Continue reading
On This Day In Messianic Jewish History 