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David H. Stern
David H. Stern was born in Los Angeles in 1935, the great-grandson of two of the city’s first twenty Jews. He earned a PhD in economics at Princeton University and was a professor ...view moreDavid H. Stern was born in Los Angeles in 1935, the great-grandson of two of the city’s first twenty Jews. He earned a PhD in economics at Princeton University and was a professor at UCLA, as well as a mountain-climber, co-author of a book on surfing, and owner of health-food stores. In 1972, he came to believe in Yeshua as the Messiah, after which he received a master of divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and did graduate work at the University of Judaism. He was married in 1976 to Martha Frankel, also a Messianic Jew, and together they served one year on the staff of Jews for Jesus. Dr. Stern taught Fuller Theological Seminary’s first course in Judaism and Christianity, organized Messianic Jewish conferences and leaders’ meetings, and was an officer of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America. In 1979, the Stern family made aliyah (immigrated to Israel). They now live in Jerusalem and are active in Israel’s Messianic Jewish community. The Sterns have two children and eight grandchildren. Dr. Stern is the author of Messianic Judaism: A Modern Movement with an Ancient Past (formerly Messianic Jewish Manifesto), which outlines the history, theology, destiny, and program of today’s Messianic Jewish movement. He also wrote Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians. It consists of excerpts from the former book selected for Christians to whom the Jewishness of the gospel is an unfamiliar idea. His Jewish New Testament, which has been incorporated into the Complete Jewish Bible, is the basis for its companion volume, the Jewish New Testament Commentary. This book discusses Jewish issues raised in the New Testament: questions Jews have about Yeshua, the New Testament, and Christianity; questions Christians have about Judaism and the Jewish roots of their faith; and questions Messianic Jews have about their own identity and role. Taken together, Dr. Stern’s books have sold well over a million copies, have been translated into dozens of languages, are included in many Bible software packages, and are the best-read books of their kind. In 2016, Messianic Jewish Publishers, in collaboration with Hendrickson Bible Publishers, published the Complete Jewish Study Bible. This first-of-its-kind volume uses Dr. Stern’s Complete Jewish Bible text, along with notes from his Commentary as well as hundreds of additional notes, articles and essays from other theologians and scholars.view less
Books by David H. Stern
Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament) Jewish New Testament Commentary Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5