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Vol V: The Root and the Branch

Appendix F — Documented Testimonies of Jewish Believers in Jesus

The following are brief summaries of documented conversion testimonies from Jewish believers. Full accounts are available in the cited sources.

  • Stan Telchin — Jewish businessman in New York. Investigated to disprove. Found Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, Daniel 9 compelling. Became a Messianic Jewish pastor. Documented in Betrayed! (Chosen Books, 1981).
  • Michael L. Brown — Jewish drug addict in New York, age 17, 1971. Came to faith in a moment of personal crisis. Earned Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from NYU. Became the leading Messianic Jewish apologist in the English-speaking world. Documented in multiple published accounts.
  • Moishe Rosen — Founded Jews for Jesus. Born into a Jewish family in Denver. Came to faith through reading the New Testament. Spent his career equipping the Jewish mission. Documented in multiple Jews for Jesus publications.
  • Arnold Fruchtenbaum — Born in Russia to Jewish parents. Came to faith as a young man. Earned Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary and Ph.D. from New York University. Produced the most comprehensive Messianic theology available in Israelology and Messianic Christology.
  • Edith Schaeffer — Born into a Jewish family. Came to faith through her parents' conversion. Co-founded L'Abri Fellowship with her husband Francis Schaeffer. Her Jewish identity was always part of her understanding of Christianity's roots.
  • Alfred Edersheim — 19th century Jewish scholar who became a Christian and produced The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, still considered one of the most important treatments of the Jewish background of the New Testament. His Jewish knowledge transformed New Testament scholarship.

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