David Baron (Messianic leader)

David Baron (1857 – 1926) was a Jewish convert to the Christian faith. He, together with co-founder Charles Andrew Schönberger (1841 – 1924), began the Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel missionary organization, in London, with the purpose of converting Jews to Hebrew Christianity. Schönberger founded a branch mission in Berlin in 1921. In addition to writing several books, Baron also contributed articles to the periodical The Scattered Nation. He was a leader in the Hebrew Christian movements of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) period in Europe.

Works by David Baron

• Rays of Messiah's Glory (1886)
• The Jewish Problem - Its Solution or, Israel's Present and Future (1891)^[1]
• The Ancient Scriptures and the Modern Jew (1900)^[1]
• A Divine Forecast of Jewish History. A Proof of the Supernatural Element (1905)
• Types, Psalms, and Prophecies: Being a Series of Old Testament Studies. (1906)
• Israel's Inalienable Possessions: The Gifts and the Calling of God Which are Without Repentance (1906)^[2]
• The Shepherd of Israel and His scattered flock; a solution of the enigma of Jewish history. (1910)
• History of the Ten Lost Tribes: Anglo-Israelism Examined (1915)
• The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah (1918)
• The Servant of Jehovah: The sufferings of the Messiah and the Glory that Should Follow. An Exposition of Isaiah LIII. (1922)
• The History of Israel: Its Spiritual Significance (19—)^[3][4]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Original publication date for the first printing of this work, see British Library Integrated Catalogue
2. ^ The source printing lacked a publication date in the Title page and Verso. This date was determined using copyright records from the British Library Integrated Catalogue
3. ^ A WorldCat search indicates the original lacked a publication date, as indicated by the notation [n.d.] in the listings. A 1925 edition listed in the British Library Integrated Catalogue may prove to be a reprint.
4. ^ A reprint has been published by Keren Ahvah Meshihit increasing the likelihood of a Public Domain original.

External Links

• Messianic Testimony the successor organization to Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel founded by David Baron.
• Scattered Nation (1-12) a periodical produced by Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel and edited by David Baron.
• Scattered Nation (13-28) a periodical produced by Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel and edited by David Baron.
• A biography of David Baron on Messianic Judaism Wiki.