David J. Rudolph

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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.

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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] [6] 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). [6] In 2015 he became Director of Messianic Jewish Studies at The King's University. [7]

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. [3] [8] 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." [9] 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." [10] 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." [11]

He served as the rabbi of Shulchan Adonai Messianic Synagogue in Annapolis, Maryland from 1990-1996. [6] [12] He was the rabbi of Tikvat Israel Messianic Synagogue in Richmond, Virginia from 2011-2015. [6] [7] Currently Rudolph is Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at The King’s University. [7] Rudolph is also a lecturer in New Testament at the MJTI School of Jewish Studies. [7] [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

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References

  1. ↑ "Messianic Jewish Studies Program". tku.edu. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "David J. Rudolph". zondervan.com. Zondervan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "A Jew to the Jews". Mohr Siebeck website. Mohr Siebeck. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Our Rabbi". tikvatisrael.com. Tikvat Israel. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage". messianicjewish.net. Messianic Jewish Communications. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "David J. Rudolph Bio". rabbidavid.net. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Dr. David Rudolph, Director of Messianic Jewish Studies". tku.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "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. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Dutch, Robert S. (2012). "A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23" (PDF). Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 34 (5): 89. Retrieved 17 October 2012. Archived 2016-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Tucker, J. Brian (2012). "'All things to all people': a Chameleon Paul?" (PDF). Journal of Beliefs and Values. 33 (1): 123–127. doi:10.1080/13617672.2012.650041. S2CID   161947168 . Retrieved 17 October 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ Fronczak, Jacob (2012). "Review of David J. Rudolph, A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23" (PDF). Messiah Journal (109). First Fruits of Zion: 75–79. Retrieved 18 September 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ Angela Gambill (6 August 1991). "Messianic Jews Try To Bridge 2 Worlds". The Baltimore Sun . pp.  2, 4 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Faculty". MJTI website. Messianic Jewish Theological Institute. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  14. ↑ Richard John Neuhaus (October 2005). "Iraq and the Moral Judgement". First Things. Retrieved 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). Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College: 1–23. doi: 10.6017/scjr.v5i1.1556 . Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  16. ↑ Rudolph, David J. (2003). "Festivals in Genesis 1:14" (PDF). Tyndale Bulletin. 54 (2). Tyndale House: 23–40. doi:10.53751/001c.30252 . Retrieved 18 September 2012.



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