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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Richard Harvey: "But I'm Jewish"

I recently met a leading Messianic Jewish scholar in England, Richard Harvey. Richard is a senior researcher at Jews for Jesus and an associate lecturer at All Nations Christian College. He also recently started a blog promoting awareness of Messianic Jewish history. He was very kind to help me with my travels, encourage me with my research, and to give me a couple of booklets which he authored, one of which is titled: But I'm Jewish! A Jew for Jesus tells his story.
This is an autobiographical work - Richard's story about his life until the time of publication in 1996. Richard and his wife, Monica, are Jews who each came to the understanding that Jesus is the Messiah of Israel. For Richard, this mystery was gradually revealed in the early 1970's, and he has lived to testify to it since then, continuing in the face of much rejection and even abuse. The book is a wonderful, short read, sketching Richard's Jewish upbringing and educational background as well as the first two decades of his life as a follower of Jesus. It's available for free in electronic format here.