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Bach, Friedrich Daniel 1756-1830 - German Jewish painter, member of the Berlin Academy of Art.
Baeyertz, Emilia 1842-1926 - Society belle who became an international evangelist.
Bamberger Neuman, Karl Fred 1798-1870 - German historian and orientalist.
Baron, David 1855-1926 - Founder of Hebrew Christian Testimony, an intellectual and writer.
Bassin, Eliezer 1840-* - Chassidic Jew who became a missionary to the Jews, first studying at the LJS Training College in Palestine.
Benary, Franz Friedrich 1805-1880 - Orientalist and theologian.
Benary, Karl Albert 1807-1860 - German Jewish classical scholar, brother to Franz Friedrich.
Benzion, Benedix 1839-* - Russian physician and medical missionary in Rumania.
Bergmann, Marcus S. 1846-1923 - Chassidic synagogue reader; translator of Bible into Yiddish.
Bernard, Hermann 1785-1857 - Second generation Jewish believer: Hebrew professor at Cambridge.
Bernays, Michael 1834-1897 - Professor of literature
Bernhardy, Gottfried 1800-1875 - German philologist and historian of literature.
Bettelheim, Bernard 1811-1870 - The first protestant missionary to Japan who translated the Bible into Okinoawan.
Biesenthal, Joachim Heinrich Raphael - see Hirsch, Raphael
Bloch, Moritz (Mór Ballagi) 1815-1891 - Yeshiva student and linguist, advocate in the Jewish community of Hungary, to theologian and professor of church history.
Boerling, Jacob 1802 - Missionary, rescuer of German slaves in Persia
Breidenbach, Moritz 1796-1856 - German lawyer, son of a champion of Jewish emancipation and uncle to Eduard Gans.
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Calman, Erasmus Scott 1796-1890 - Lithuanian Jew, missionary in Eretz Yisrael.
Capadose, Abraham 1795-1874 - Physician and close friend of Isaac da Costa.
Caspari, Carl Paul 1814-1892 - German theologian and scholar, Professor of Old Testament studies in Norway. The Caspari Center in Jerusalem is named in his honour.
Cassel, Selig (Paulus Stephanus) 1821-1892 - Professor and pastor. One of JBY's intellectuals and writers.
Cerf, Karl Friedrich 1782-1845 - War hero, who became the founder and director of the Königsstädtisches Theater in Berlin.
Cohn, Ludwig Adolf 1834-1871 - German historian, homeschooled because of a deformity.
Cohn, Ludwig Adolf 1834-71 - German historian, who was deformed as a result of illness in childhood.
Creizenach, Theodor 1818-1877 - German poet and historian of literature. One of the princiapl founders of the Frankfurt Jewish Reformverein and a teacher in the Jewish Philanthropin in Frankfurt.
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D'Israeli, Isaac 1766-1848 - Father of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.
Da Costa, Isaac 1798-1860 - Dutch national poet of illustrious sephardic family.
Davidson, Benjamin - Grammarian and lexinographer.
Detmond, Johan 1787-1856 - German statesman and diplomat. Legationsrat" of the King of Hanover.
Disraeli, Benjamin 1804-1881 - British statesman, author, diplomat and Prime Minister.
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Eberty, Georg 1812-1884 - Professor of Jurisprudence, Breslau.
Edersheim, Alfred 1825-1889 - Eminent scholar and intellectual.
Epstein, Ephraim Menachem 1829-1913 - Physician and theologian
Ewald, Ferdinand Christopher 1801-1874 - Bavarian Jew, served in Tunis and Jerusalem alongside Michael Alexander. His journals tell the story of life for JBYs in Jerusalem of his day.
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Franklin, Morris 1831-1884 - Morris J. Franklin, born in Prussia 1831, died in Jerusalem.
Frey, Joseph 1771-1850 - The father of modern Jewish Missions: founder of the London Jews Society (LJS), as well as the AMSJC in the USA.
Friedlander, Benjamin 1773- - The entire family came to faith - friends of Mendelssohn.
Friedlander, Ludwig 1824- - German philologist and archeologist.
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Gans, Eduard 1798-1839 - German jurist, founder of the Society for Israel Culture and Science in Berlin.
Gedalius, Jeannette - Born in Germany to a wealthy, God-fearing family, came to faith at age of 12 and faced many years of deprivation and hardship. Served as missionary in the USA.
Ginsburg, David 1831-1914 - Hebrew and biblical scholar, foremost authority in England on the Masorah.
Ginsburg, Solomon 1867-1927 - Wandering Jew to Brazil - missionary to the Catholics.
Goldberg, Beer (John Peter) 1780-1848 - His mother dedicated him to God from a young age and God answered her prayers in a way she certainly hadn't dreamed of. From destined rabbi to missionary and Bible teacher.
Goldberg, Johann Peter 1825-1903 - German Jew associated with ASMCJ mission to the Jews in New York.
Goldberg, John Benjamin - Jerusalemite, missinary in the East.
Gottheil, Paul Eduard 1818-1893 - German Jewish Missionary of the British Society.
Gueterbock, Karl Eduard 1830- - German judge; resigned his position in 1868 in order to serve as professor of law.
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Hellmuth, Isaac 1817-1901 - Bishop and influential educator.
Hellyer, Henry 1880- - Director of Christian Testimony to the Jews.
Henschel, August 1790-1856 - Physician and botanist known for his researches into the history of medicine.
Herschell, Haim (Ridley) 1807-1864 - Scholar, preacher, pastor and founder of Evangelical Alliance and Christian Witness to Israel.
Hershon, Paul Isaac 1818-1888 - Galician-English Hebraist and rabbinical scholar.
Hirsch, Raphael 1804-1886 - Known as Joiachim Heinrich Biesenthal, Talmudist scholar. One of JBYs leading intellectuals and authors.
Hirsch, Raphael 1804-1886 - One of the greatest theologians and authors of the JBYs of the 19th century.
Hirsch, Siegfried 1816-1860 - Professor of history in Halle, cousin to Theodor Hirsch.
Hirsch, Theodor 1806-1881 - Professor of History, cousin to Siegfried Hirsch.
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Jacobi, John Christian Gottlieb Adolph 1800-1874 - Postal worker and chaplain.
Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jakob 1804-1851 - Professor of Mathematics.
Jacoby, Heinrich Otto 1815-1864 - German philologist and professor at Koenigsburg University.
Jacoby, Ludwig S. 1813-1874 - Author and Methodist clergyman who founded the first western Methodist church in the USA.
Jolberg, Regine Julie 1800-1870 - "Mother Julie" pedagogist, established schools for children and for the training of teachers in Germany
Joseph, Henry Samuel 1801-1864 - Traveling secretary of the London Jews Society, first to open a home for enquirers.
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Kalkar, Andreas Herman 1802-1886 - Danish son of a rabbi, lawyer and theologian.
Kalkar, Christian 1803-1886 - Swedish writer and minister.
Kalkar, Herman 1802-1886 - Danish historian and theologian.
Koebner, Julius 1806-1884 - Danish optician who became a minister of the Gospel.
Kronecker, Leopold 1823-1891 - Distinguished German algebraist, considered the greatest of all time.
Kuhnert, Karl 1870- - Trained for the rabbinate.
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Landsman, Daniel - Talmudic scholar in Jerusalem.
Laseron, Michael Maximilian - The Jewish George Mueller, was moved by the death of his own child to provide for the poor street children in his town.
Lederer, Gideon R. 1804-1879 - Hungarian former rabbi, who greatly influenced the unification of scattered Hebrew-Christians for larger and better efforts to bring the gospel to their Jewish brethren.
Leitner, Dr. - Hungarian physican who served in the LJS as medical missionary.
Lerman, Meyer 1837- - Founded the Hebrew Christian Brotherhood and Prayer Union in New York, 1884.
Levy, Mark - Active in the Hebrew Christian Union and proponent of Messianic Judaism.
Lichtenstein, Jechiel Zvi 1831-1912 - "Wonder-rabbi" in Bessarabia before coming to faith.
Lipshytz, Haim (Christlieb Traugott) 1845- - Director of the Barbican Mission to the Jews, London.
Lowenthal, Isidore 1827-1864 - Missionary to Afghanistan who translated the New Testament into Pushtu.
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Marcusson, John W. -1913 - John became a believer through his aged father's witness and served in the Chicago Hebrew Mission for 25 years.
Margoliouth, David Samuel 1858-1940 - Scholar whose pioneering efforts in Islamic studies won him a near-legendary reputation among Islamic peoples and Oriental scholars of Europe.
Margoliouth, Ezekiel 1816-1894 - An unequalled Hebraist with profound knowledge of the Talmud.
Margoliouth, George 1853-1924 - Learned scholar and writer for the British Museum.
Margoliouth, Moses 1820-1881 - Hebrew scholar; also wrote extensively on the history of the Jews in Britain.
Meyer, Louis 1862-1913 - Physician become evangelist.
Mollis, M. L. - Linguist, become missionary.
Montefiore, Lydia 1771-1858 - The aunt of Moses Montefiore.
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Nachim, Reuben Michael 1836-1926 - Grandson of the chief rabbi of Odessa, saved in Constantinople, ministered among his people in the Middle East,Europe and England.
Neander, Johann Augustus Wilhelm (David Mendel) 1789-1850 - German historian and theologian.
Neustetel, Leopold Joseph 1798-1825 - German Jew, attorney to the Supreme Court.
Norollah, Mirza ca.1855-1925 - Son of the Jewish Court Physician to the Shah in Teheran, missionary in Iran.
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Philippi, Friedrich Adolf 1809-1882 - Philologist and professor of theology.
Pollack, Chaim Yedidia (Lucky) 1854-1916 - JBY intellectual, focal point of movement made up of Rabbis, writers and others who sought to restore Jesus in the Jewish framework.
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Rabinowitz, Joseph 1837-1899 - Talmudic scholar and lawyer, Zionist activist. Founder of the Messianic Movement in Kishinev.
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Salkinson, Isaac Eduard -1883 - JBY intellectual, and translator of the New Testament.
Salvadore, Sir Moses - A wealthy and influential Jew of an ancient and powerful Portuguese Jewish family.
Saphir, Adolph 1831-1891 - intellectual and writer, came to faith as a child with his father.
Saphir, Elizabeth 1827/8 - 1854 - The remarkable sister of Adolph Saphir, ran a school for children in Budapest together with her brother, Philip, before her untimely death.
Saphir, Israel 1780- - Wealthy merchant, educator and leader in the Jewish community of Budapest; he and his entire family came to faith.
Saphir, Phillip 1823-1849 - Elder son of Israel Saphir, established a school for Jewish children in his home.
Schereschewsky, Isaac Joseph 1831-1906 - Bishop missionary and translator of the Bible into Chinese.
Schoenberger, Charles Andrew 1841-1924 - Co-founder of the Hebrew Christian Testimony.
Schwartz, Carl 1817-1870 - A leader of missions, one of the founders of the Hebrew Christian Alliance.
Schweitzer, Emmanuel 1809-1844 - "The memory of the just is blessed".
Segall, Joseph F. - Missionary of LJS in Damascus.
Simon, Erasmus - Founder of "Friends of the Hebrew Nation" society which established a home in London for new Jewish believers who were stranded with no home or livelihood.
Simson, Martin Eduard 1810-1899 - A German judge and politician, leader of modern Liberalism, and ennobled in 1888.
Sobernheim, Joseph Friedrich 1803-1846 - A German physician and author of medical works, brought to faith by a pawnbroker.
Stahl, Friedrich Julius 1802-1861 - Writer and Professor of Law.
Stern, Aaron Henry 1820-1885 - German Jew who became a missionary in the east and suffered imprisonment under the Ethiopian king.
Stern, Hermann - Hebrew teacher who discovered the difference between religion and true faith.
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Turckheim, Ernest Julius c.1849-1907 - School teacher who came to faith after studying the Old Testament.
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Vidas, Solomon de - Young Smyrnian Jew who was thrown into a Turkish jail and tortured after giving a clear and firm testimony before the rabbinical court.
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Wolff, Joseph 1795-1862 - The Jewish 'David Livingstone'.
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Zimmern, Sigmund 1796-1830 - A successful jurist, his promising career was cut short with his death at age 34.
Zuckertort, G.J. - Father of chess champion Johannes Zuckertort.
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