| CHAPTER I. | Apostolic Period. | 9 |
| CHAPTER II. | Sub-Apostolic or Patristic Period. | 14 |
| CHAPTER III. | The Period of the Publication of The Talmud. | 17 |
| CHAPTER IV. | Jewish Converts in the Eastern Church. | 24 |
| CHAPTER V. | Jewish Converts in the Western Church. | 27 |
| ADDENDA | Converts in the "Domus Conversorum" in London. | 69 |
| PART II | ||
| CHAPTER VI. | Converts in the Protestant Churches. | 73 |
SOME
JEWISH WITNESSES
FOR
CHRIST.
BY
Rev. A. BERNSTEIN, B.D.
PRINTED AT THE
OPERATIVE JEWISH CONVERTS' INSTITUTION,
Palestine House, Bodney Road, London, N.E.
1909.
PREFACE.
This book has grown very considerably in themaking, and what was expected to form a comparativelysmall pamphlet has become quite a substantialvolume. It is probable that if still more time couldhave been spent upon it, its size would have beengreatly increased, for the fact of the matter is thatthere have been and are many more Jewish witnessesfor Christ than can readily be enumerated. Butthe author has all along been very desirous that hiswork should appear in the Centenary Year of theLondon Society for Promoting Christianity amongstthe Jews, the same year which has seen the productionof the History of that Society written by its giftedand deeply lamented Secretary, the late Rev. W. T.Gidney. The two books are companion works ofreference, and in relation to Jewish missions they areboth of inestimable value. In some degree the onesupplements the other, because the biographiesindicate many of the results of the various missionaryenterprises recorded in the History.
That Hebrew Christians should publish the argumentswhich have convinced them that Jesus is theMessiah, not merely for their own vindication, butrather to lead others to the same conviction, is not atall surprising. It is, however, peculiarly noteworthythat their literary efforts have not been limited tothose of an apologetic nature, but that, on the contrary,they have made valuable contributions to a