My source is the Holy Spirit and the word of God....one of these days you will quit relying on commentaries and creeds and actually open your eyes to the truth of scripture....My assesment is correct....!
OK wise guy. Put your credentials up against his.
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
Christian Literature scholar
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg - Ancient Languages Scholar
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Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is impressive research scholar… He is respectful and knows how to share his ideas in an attractive manner. He is a gracious and attractive person. Students find him very helpful and admire his teaching skills and knowledge.
Prof. James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is an Israeli expert scholar in early and modern Church History. At eTeacher Online Language Academy he holds a position of scholar-in-residence. His accumulated knowledge and current research is being used in many spheres of company’s operation. His also publishes a very interesting and informative blog on the Jewish and Christian Studies.
Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has received a fair amount of Jewish and Christian education both religious and secular. He holds M.Div. degree in Christian Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary (2000), and M.Phil. degree in Bible Interpretation (2008) and Ph.D. in Ancient Cultures from Stellenbosch University (2011). Additional studies include doctoral and post-doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Leiden University, Princeton Theological Seminary and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Outside of his expertise in the ancient languages (Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Syriac and Old Church Slovanic), he has a command of three other modern languages (English, Russian and Hebrew). One of Eli’s greatest passions is building of bridges of trust, respect and understanding between Christians and Jews, overcoming centuries of difficult, but almost always joined history. Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg strongly believes that both Hebrew Bible and the New Testament scriptures have much to teach both communities. He resides with his wife Marina and children in Kfar Saba, Israel. Proudly holding USA and Israeli citizenships.
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Education
2006-2009
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa - Ph.D. in Ancient Cultures
Dissertation: Aphrahat’s Demonstrations: A Conversation with the Jews of Mesopotamia
2008 – 2009, doctoral fellow
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2003-2006
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa - M. Phil. In Bible Interpretation
Thesis: Aspects of the Sabbath in the Late Second Temple Period
1997-2001
Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL, USA
M. Div. in Theological Studies
1989 -1992
School of Nursing, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - B.A. in Nursing
Professional Experience
2008-present
Spurgeon’s College (University of Wales)
Online Tutor in Biblical Studies
2008-2011
Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary
Lecturer in Jewish and Biblical Studies
2005-2011
Israel Theological Seminary and Haifa Theological Institute
Lecturer in Biblical and Christian Studies
Publications and Prizes
Selected Publications:
Jewish Sabbath: A Survey of Late Second Temple Literature. Cherkassi: Colloquium Publishing. Russian. Book. 2006.
The Persian Sage: A Conversation with the Jews of Mesopotamia. CSCO Subsidia. Monograph Series 642. Leuven: Peeters Publishers/Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. Monograph. English. (2012).
Cyril Lucaris. George T. Kurian (ed). Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Oxford: Blackwell. (2009).
Tatian’s Diatessaron. In Encyclopedia of Christian Literature. G. T. Kurian and J. D. Smith III (eds). Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. (2010).
Demonstrations of Aphrahat. In Encyclopedia of Christian Literature. G. T. Kurian and J. D. Smith III (eds) Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. (2010).
A Jewish Journey through St. John’s Writings: A Commentary (in progress).
Selected Lectures:
Jews and Christians in Ancient Iran. Ben Gurion University. Diechman Program. (2012)
Justice and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. MF Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo (March 2011).
Avalanche of Reconciliation: A Peace-making Wisdom of the Hebrew Bible. Galilee Institute (Dec. 2011).
The Jews of Mesopotamia: The View from the Christian Side. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2009).
St. Paul and Romans 11. Westminster Theological Seminary. D.Min. Lecture. (2009)
Paul’s Case for the Jews and Their God. Reformed Theological Seminary. (2009)
Understanding Judaismat Christian Leadership Forum, University of Pennsylvania (2008).
Historical Jesus in Aphrahat and Aphrahat’s Jews. Methodological Approaches to the Historical Jesus: The Second Princeton-Prague Symposium on Jesus. Princeton Theological Seminary (2007).