David J. Rudolph Explained

David J. Rudolph (born 1967) is an American scholar and Director of Messianic Jewish Studies at The King's University,[1] who has written books and articles on the New Testament, Second Temple Judaism, Messianic Jews, intermarriage, and Jewish-Christian relations.[2] His work A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 won the 2007 Franz Delitzsch Prize from the Freie Theologische Akademie.[3] Rudolph is also a lecturer in New Testament at Messianic Jewish Theological Institute’s School of Jewish Studies and a fellow at the MJTI Center for Jewish-Christian Relations.

Life and career

David Rudolph (Ph.D., Cambridge University) was born and raised in the greater Washington, D.C. area.[4] After receiving M.A. degrees in Old Testament and Biblical Languages from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts (1999–2002), Rudolph completed a Ph.D. in New Testament at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Markus Bockmuehl (2002–2007).[5] He went on to serve as director of the School of Jewish Studies at the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute in Los Angeles and scholar-in-residence at the MJTI Center for Jewish-Christian Relations (2008–2011). In 2015 he became Director of Messianic Jewish Studies at The King's University.[6]

Rudolph's work A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 won the 2007 Franz Delitzsch Prize from the Freie Theologische Akademie in Germany.[7] A review by Robert S. Dutch in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament described the book "a must-read for reconsidering Paul as a Torah-observant Jew and his relationship with Gentiles."[8] J. Brian Tucker's review in the Journal of Beliefs and Values described the book as "a seminal work among New Testament scholars engaged in post-supersessionist interpretation."[9] A review by Jacob Fronczak in Messiah Journal described the book as "one of only a few scholarly contributions by practicing Messianic Jews to the ongoing Jewish/Christian dialogue on Paul."[10]

He served as the rabbi of Shulchan Adonai Messianic Synagogue in Annapolis, Maryland from 1990-1996.[11] He was the rabbi of Tikvat Israel Messianic Synagogue in Richmond, Virginia from 2011-2015.[12] Currently Rudolph is Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at The King’s University. Rudolph is also a lecturer in New Testament at the MJTI School of Jewish Studies.[13] As a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations, he has also advocated for the inclusion of Messianic Jews in Jewish-Christian dialogue.[14]

Awards

Selected bibliography

Books

Articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Messianic Jewish Studies Program . tku.edu . 16 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009130750/https://www.tku.edu/academics/messianic-jewish-studies-program/ . 9 October 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: David J. Rudolph . zondervan.com . Zondervan . 16 October 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095827/http://www.zondervan.com/introduction-to-messianic-judaism . dead .
  3. Web site: A Jew to the Jews . Mohr Siebeck website . Mohr Siebeck . 16 October 2015 . 15 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315010705/https://www.mohr.de/en/book/a-jew-to-the-jews-9783161492938 . dead .
  4. Web site: Our Rabbi . tikvatisrael.com . Tikvat Israel . 18 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218142021/http://www.tikvatisrael.com/our-rabbi.html . 18 December 2014 . dead .
  5. Web site: Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage . messianicjewish.net . Messianic Jewish Communications . 16 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225023137/http://messianicjewish.net/growing-your-i-olive-tree-i-marriage.html . 25 December 2015 . dead .
  6. Web site: Dr. David Rudolph, Director of Messianic Jewish Studies . tku.edu . 16 October 2015.
  7. Encyclopedia: A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (2011 Rudolph), book . 4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism . 15 October 2012.
  8. Dutch . Robert S. . 2012 . A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 . Journal for the Study of the New Testament . 34 . 5 . 89 . 17 October 2012 .
  9. Tucker . J. Brian . 2012 . 'All things to all people': a Chameleon Paul? . Journal of Beliefs and Values . 33 . 1 . 123–127 . 10.1080/13617672.2012.650041 . 161947168 . 17 October 2012 .
  10. Fronczak . Jacob . 2012 . Review of David J. Rudolph, A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 . Messiah Journal . 109 . 75–79 . First Fruits of Zion . 18 September 2012 .
  11. News: Messianic Jews Try To Bridge 2 Worlds . Angela Gambill . The Baltimore Sun . 6 August 1991 . 20 September 2012.
  12. Web site: Curriculum Vitae . Rudolph, David J. . 4 September 2015 . 16 October 2015.
  13. Web site: Faculty . MJTI website . Messianic Jewish Theological Institute . 20 September 2012.
  14. Web site: Iraq and the Moral Judgement . Richard John Neuhaus . October 2005 . First Things . 18 December 2014.
  15. Rudolph . David J. . 2010 . Paul's 'Rule in All the Churches' (1 Cor 7:17-24) and Torah-Defined Ecclesiological Variegation . Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations . 5 . 1–23 . Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College . 10.6017/scjr.v5i1.1556 . 18 September 2012. free .
  16. Rudolph . David J. . 2003 . Festivals in Genesis 1:14 . Tyndale Bulletin . 54 . 2 . 23–40 . Tyndale House . 10.53751/001c.30252 . 18 September 2012.

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