Ignatz Lichtenstein

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Ignatz Lichtenstein

Ignatz Lichtenstein
Born 1824
Hungary
Died October 16, 1909
Occupation Chief Rabbi of Tápiószele Hungary (1857-1892)
Children Emanuel Lichtenstein, MD [1]

Ignatz Lichtenstein[2] (1824 - October 16, 1909) was an Hungarian Orthodox Rabbi who wrote "pamphlets advocating conversion to Christianity while still officiating as a Rabbi."[3] Though he refused to be baptized into the Christian faith his whole life,[4] he ultimately resigned his rabbinate in 1892.[5] A biography of him appeared in the Methodist Episcopal missionary magazine The Gospel in All Lands in 1894[5] .The Jewish historian Gotthard Deutsch, an editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia, in an essay published 3 February 1916, mentions him in the course of refuting a claim by the Chief Rabbi of London that no rabbi had ever become a convert to Christianity.[3] Messianic Jews later mention him as an example of a turn of the 19th century "Jewish believer in Jesus." Speaking of his first contact with the gospel, he said: "I looked for thorns and gathered roses."[4]

[edit] Bibliography (German and English)

Catalogues of works authored by the Rabbi may make dubious attributions. Deutsch, for example, notes he is confused with a Rabbi Jehiel Lichtenstein (1831–1912) who worked for a missionary institute in Leipsic.[3]

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Original German Works:[6]

  • Der Talmud auf der Anklagebank durch einen begeisterten Verehrer des Judenthums [“The Talmud on the Dock by an Inspired Worshipper of Judaism”], Heft I (Budapest, 1886).
  • Mein Zeugnis [“My Testimony”], Heft II (Budapest: Hornyánszky, 1886).
  • Die Liebe und die Bekehrung [“Love and Conversion”], Heft III (Budapest, 1886).
  • Judenthum und Christenthum [“Judaism and Christianity”], (Hamburg: A. Scheibenhuber, 1891?).
  • Eine Bitte an die geehrten Leser [“An Appeal to Honored Readers”], (Budapest, 1893 or 1894).
  • “‘Zwei Briefe’ oder ‘was ich eigentlich will’” [“‘Two Letters’ or ‘What I Really Wish’”], Saat auf Hoffnung 30 (1893), 9-36.
  • Das Blut Christi, ein Nachklang aus dem Midrasch Echa” [“The Blood of Christ, an Echo of Midrash Ekhah”], Saat auf Hoffnung 30 (1893), 229-32.
  • Judenspiegel [“The Jewish Mirror”] (Vienna: L. Schoenberger, 1896).
  • Welche Anknüpfungspunkte findet die evangelische Verkündigung bei den Juden?” [“Which Connecting Factors do Protestant Doctrines find with Jewish Doctrines?”] in Gustaf Dalman (ed.), Die allgemeine Konferenz für Judenmission in Leipzig, abgehalten vom 6. bis 8. Juni 1895, (Leipzig,1896), 40-55. [Series: Schriften des Institutum Judaicum in Leipzig, No. 44-46]; later reprinted by “The Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel” in London as Begegnungspunkte zwischen Juden und Christen: Gesetz und Evangelium [“Points of Meeting between Jewish and Christian Doctrine: the Law and the Gospel”.] (London: H.C.T.I., 1902).
  • Ein Weihnachts- und Neujahrsgruß an alle Neugeborenen im Herrn” [“A Christmas and New Year Greeting to all the Born Again in the Lord”], Saat auf Hoffnung 36 (1899), 5-9.
  • Ein Geheimniss aus dem Talmud [“A Secret from the Talmud”], (Vienna: L. Scnberger, 1900).
  • Ein Weihnachts- und Neujahrsgruß für die auserwählten Kinder des Lichtes” [“A Christmas and New Year Greeting for the Elect Children of the Light”], Saat auf Hoffnung 37 (1900), 35-40.
  • Ein Neujahrsgruß für die Neugebornen im Herrn zum Heilsjahre 1902” [“A New Year Greeting for the Born Again in the Lord in the Year, 1902”], Saat auf Hoffnung 39 (1902), 5-8.

Translations into English:[7]

  • J. Lichtenstein. Judaism and Christianity (translated from the German by Margaret M. Alison) (Edinburgh: Morrison & Gibb, 1893). [Translation of 4.]
  • An Appeal to the Jewish People (Translated by Mrs. [?] Baron). [London]: The Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel (H. C. T. I., 1894). [Translation of 5.]
  • Letter from Rabbi Lichtenstein,” The Jewish Era 4:4 (Oct. 1895), 76.
  • Two Letters’ or ‘What I Really Wish,’ (translated by Mrs. [?] Baron) (London: The Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel (H. C. T. I., 189?). [Translation of 6.]
  • What Connecting Links Does the Proclamation of the Gospel Find with the Jew?” [translated by Mrs. E. R. Kinglinger] The Jewish Era 5:1 (Jan. 1896), 1-3; 5:2 (April 1896), 37-42. [Translation of 9.]
  • The Jewish Mirror (London: H. C. T. I., 1897). [Translation of 8.]
  • The Points of Contact between Evangelical and Jewish Doctrine: An Address, Delivered at Leipsic [sic] (Translated from the German by Mrs. [David] Baron) (Northfield, England: H. C. T. I., 1897). [Translation of 9.]
  • A New Year’s Greeting to the Elect Children of Light,” The Jewish Era 7:2 (April 1898), 37-39.
  • The Blood of Christ. H. C. T. I. (1903). [Translation of 7.]
  • A New Year’s Greeting from Rabbi Lichtenstein,” The Jewish Era 12:1 (Jan. 15, 1903), 1-3.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Two Letters; or, What I really Wish. (Translated by Mrs. Baron) Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel. 1887
  2. ^ also called Isaac Lichtenstein, due to a misunderstanding of his pen name, I. Lichtenstein.
  3. ^ a b c Deutsch, Gotthard (2005). Scrolls: Essays on Jewish History and Literature and Kindred Subjects V1 and V2. Kessinger Publishing, 118-119. ISBN 1417952172. 
  4. ^ a b Gillet, Lev (2002). Communion in the Messiah: Studies in the Relationship Between Judaism and Christianity. James Clarke & Co., 206. ISBN 0227172256. 
  5. ^ a b Smith, Eugene R. (1894). The Gospel in All Lands. New York: Hunt & Nation, 507-508. 
  6. ^ “Introduction to Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein: Selected Writings” Jorge Quiñónez, (editor) Daniel Lancaster (co-editor). Keren Ahvah Meshihit 2006.
  7. ^ “Introduction to Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein: Selected Writings” Jorge Quiñónez, (editor) Daniel Lancaster (co-editor). Keren Ahvah Meshihit 2006.

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Persondata
NAME Lichtenstein, Ignatz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lichtenstein, Isaac; Lichtenstein, I.; Lichtenstein, J.
SHORT DESCRIPTION Orthodox Rabbi who, while still in office, became a believer in Yeshua (Jesus).
DATE OF BIRTH 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1909
PLACE OF DEATH