The History of Jewish Christianity from the First to the Twentieth Century

by Hugh J. Schonfield

Written by the late Dr. Hugh J. Schonfield. Re-edited and re-printed by Bruce R. Booker under permission of The Hugh & Helene Schonfield World Service Trust . This is a great book that has been out of print since 1936. It tracks the history of Jewish Christianity since the First Century and why it seems to have virtually disappeared until recent decades - reappearing as the Messianic Movement.

184 pages

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Born in May 1901

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Schofield provides a nice overview of Jewish Christianity/ Jewish Christians after the NT period.

The beginning is constricted through various apocryphal post-NT literature which is interesting. I have read other works where they make this construction.

The best overall part of the book was the detail history of Jewish Christians and their individual histories throughout the Middle Ages. As there was no coherent organized group of Jewish believing Christians outside the mainstream Catholic Church at the time, this history was extremely well researched.

His conclusion is inspiring, as he writes in 1932/33 with the rise of the Nazis but before the official outbreak of the war, that the Land of Israel will rise and that Jewish Christians will play a major part. Inspiring.

[Eric Michel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting historical nuggets, but no wonder Schonfield became an apostate! He was a heretic from the start, never a Bible Christian.

[Dr. Paul T. Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although originally published about 80 years ago, this guy understands the key issues of the Messianic movement today. He also was able to tell some interesting historical stories that are not as commonly told today. Overall, this was a superb book.