Ignatz Lichtenstein

Ignatz Lichtenstein

Ignatz Lichtenstein
Born 1824
Hungary
Died October 16, 1908(1908-10-16)
Occupation Rabbi of Tápiószele Hungary (1857-1892)
Children Emanuel Lichtenstein, MD [1]

Ignatz Lichtenstein[2] (1824 – October 16, 1908[3]) was a Hungarian Orthodox rabbi who wrote "pamphlets advocating conversion to Christianity while still officiating as a Rabbi."[4] Though he refused to be baptized into the Christian faith his whole life,[5] he ultimately resigned his rabbinate in 1892.[6] A biography of him appeared in the Methodist Episcopal missionary magazine The Gospel in All Lands in 1894.[6] 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.[4] Followers of Messianic Judaism mention him as an example of a turn of the 19th century "Jewish believer in Jesus."[7] Speaking of his first contact with the gospel, he said: "I looked for thorns and gathered roses."[5]

Bibliography

Catalogues of works authored by the Rabbi, including this one, 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.[4]

Original German Works:[8]

Translations into English:[8]

Original Hungarian Works:

Translations into French:

Translation into Italian:

Translation into Yiddish:

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  1. Two Letters; or, What I really Wish. (Translated by Mrs. Baron) Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel. 1887
  2. or Ignác in the Magyar Zsidó Lexikon (Hungarian Jewish Lexicon) from 1929, in the entry Tápiószele, also known in English as Isaac Lichtenstein and who wrote under the pen name I. Lichtenstein
  3. Louis Meyer, ed. (15 January 1909). "V. Austria Hungary". The Jewish Era (Chicago Hebrew Mission) 18 (1): 20. OCLC 49314122. Retrieved 23 December 2012. Rabbi Ignatz Lichtenstein died in Budapest in his eighty-fifth year on Friday, October 16th.
  4. 1 2 3 Deutsch, Gotthard (2005). Scrolls: Essays on Jewish History and Literature and Kindred Subjects V1 and V2. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 118–119. ISBN 1-4179-5217-2.
  5. 1 2 Gillet, Lev (2002). Communion in the Messiah: Studies in the Relationship Between Judaism and Christianity. James Clarke & Co. p. 206. ISBN 0-227-17225-6.
  6. 1 2 Smith, Eugene R. (1894). The Gospel in All Lands. New York: Hunt & Nation. pp. 507–508.
  7. "The Story of Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein: From an account written over 90 years ago". The Association of Messianic Congregations.
  8. 1 2 “Introduction to Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein: Selected Writings” Jorge Quiñónez, (editor) Daniel Lancaster (co-editor). Keren Ahvah Meshihit 2008.

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