Ignatz Lichtenstein

Ignatz Lichtenstein ( * 1824, † October 16, 1909, incorrectly referred to Isaac Lichtenstein ) was a Hungarian Orthodox rabbi who " as the reigning rabbi on pamphlets defended the conversion to Christianity ." Although his life he refused to be baptized Christian, he gave in 1892, ultimately to be a rabbi. In 1894, a biography of him appeared in the missionary magazine of the Methodist Episcopal Church The Gospel in All Lands. Messianic Jews later mentioned him as an example of the 19th century by a turn towards the " Jewish believers in Jesus ."

Works

• The Talmud on the dock by an enthusiastic admirer of Judaism, Book I (Budapest, 1886).
• My testimony, Book II (Budapest: Hornyánszky, 1886).
• The love and the conversion, Book III (Budapest, 1886).
• Judaism and Christianity (PDF, 35.9 MB), (Hamburg: A. Disc Huber, 1891? ).
• A request to the honored reader, (Budapest, 1893 or 1894) or a request to the Israelite people (PDF, 12.9 MB); engl: An appeal to the Jewish people, online at archive.org
• " 'Two Letters' or ' what I really want ' " (PDF, 3.2 MB), seed of hope 30 (1893 ), 9-36.
• " The blood of Christ, an echo from the Midrash ECHA " seed of hope 30 (1893 ), 229-32.
• " What is the points of evangelical preaching to the Jews? " Gustaf Dalman in (ed.), The general conference for Mission to the Jews in Leipzig, held from 6 to 8 June 1895 (Leipzig, 1896), 40-55. [Series: Writings of the Institutum Judaicum in Leipzig, no. 44-46 ]; later reprinted in "The Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel " in London as meeting points between Jews and Christians: Law and Gospel ( London: HCTI, 1902).
• " A Christmas and New Year greeting to all newborns in the Lord ," seed of hope 36 (1899), 5-9.
• " A secret from the Talmud ," ( Vienna: L. Scnberger, 1900).
• " A Christmas and New Year greeting for the chosen children of light", seed of hope 37 (1900), 35-40.
• " A New Year's greeting for the new-born child in the Lord for the salvation of 1902 ," seed of hope 39 (1902 ), 5-8.