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Hugh J. Schonfield

April 28, 2023

Hugh Joseph Schonfield (London, 17 May 1901 – 24 January 1988, London) was a British Bible scholar specialising in the New Testament and the early development of the Christian religion and church. He was born in London, and educated there at St Paul's School and King's College, doing additional studies in the University of Glasgow. He was one of the founders and president of the pacifist organisation Commonwealth of World Citizens "Mondcivitan Republic".

Religious and political beliefs

Schonfield was a liberal Hebrew Christian. In 1937 Schonfield was excluded from membership of the International Hebrew Christian Alliance (IHCA),[1] of which he had been a founding member since 1925, due to his unwillingness to affirm the deity of Jesus.[citation needed] He later associated with Messianic Judaism for a while, but was bitterly disillusioned by the experience.[2]

At one time he was president of the H.G. Wells Society. He founded the "Mondcivitan Republic," Commonwealth of World Citizens, in 1956.[3]

Works

Schonfield wrote over 40 books including commercially successful books in the fields of history and biography as well as religion. In 1958 his non-ecclesiastical historical translation of the New Testament was published in the UK and the US, titled The Authentic New Testament. This aimed to show without idealised interpretation the meaning intended by the writers while maintaining the original structures. A revised version appeared in 1985 titled The Original New Testament. In 1965 he published the controversial The Passover Plot, a book the thesis of which is that the Crucifixion was part of a larger, conscious attempt by Jesus to fulfill the Messianic expectations rampant in his time, and that the plan went unexpectedly wrong. According to Steve Turner, this was one of the books John Lennon was reading when he commented that the Beatles were "More popular than Jesus".

Schonfield followed The Passover Plot with a sequel in 1968, Those Incredible Christians. This was also described as controversial,[citation needed] but had less impact than the earlier book.[4][failed verification]

An additional aspect of his work was the revision of the Hebrew writing system.[5] In The New Hebrew Typography, published in 1932, he argued for a significantly revised version of the Hebrew alphabet modelled after the Latin alphabet, including a capital-lowercase distinction, no final forms, a vertical emphasis, and serifs. This alphabet has not been adopted.

Selected bibliography

  • An Old Hebrew Text of St. Matthew's Gospel, Translated (translator, with notes and appendices, 1927)
  • The Lost 'Book of the Nativity of John' (1929)
  • Letters to Frederick Tennyson (editor, 1930)
  • The New Hebrew Typography (1932)
  • An Astounding Scientific Discovery: The Authentic Photograph of Christ: His Face, and Whole Figure as Marvellously Appearing on the Shroud Which Was Thrown over His Body after the Crucifixion (by Kazimir de Proszynski; edited with an historical supplement by Hugh J. Schonfield)
  • The Speech That Moved the World (1932)
  • For the Train: Five Poems and a Tale (by Lewis Carroll; arranged poem order, wrote preface, 1932)
  • The Book of British Industries (editor, 1933)
  • Jesus Christ, Nineteen Centuries After: The Search Symposium by Leaders of the Great World Faiths (1933)
  • The History of Jewish Christianity from the First to the Twentieth Century (1936)
  • Richard Burton, Explorer (1936)
  • Ferdinand De Lesseps (1937)
  • According to the Hebrews: a New Translation of the Jewish Life of Jesus (the Toldoth Jeshu), with an Inquiry into the Mature of its Sources and Special Relationship to the Lost Gospel according to the Hebrews (1937)
  • Travels and Researches in South Africa
  • The Suez Canal (1939)
  • Jesus: A Biography (1939)
  • The Treaty of Versailles, The Essential Text and Amendments (1940)
  • Readings from the Apocryphal Gospels (editor, 1940)
  • The Divine Plan of World Government: An Introduction to the Doctrine of a Holy Nation (1940)
  • Italy and Suez (1941)
  • Judaism and World Order (1943)
  • This Man Was Right: Woodrow Wilson Speaks Again (editor, 1943)
  • The Jew of Tarsus: An Unorthodox Portrait of Paul (1947)
  • Saints Against Caesar: The Rise and Reactions of the First Christian Community (1948)
  • The Suez Canal in World Affairs (1952)
  • Egypt: Cross-Road on a World Highway (1953)
  • Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Studies Towards their Solution (1956)
  • The Bible Was Right: An Astonishing Examination of the New Testament (1956)
  • The Song of Songs (editor and translator, 1960)
  • A Popular Dictionary of Judaism (1962)
  • A History of Biblical Literature (1962)
  • The Passover Plot: New Light on the History of Jesus (1965)
  • Reader's A-to-Z Bible Companion (1967)
  • Those Incredible Christians (1968)
  • Suez Canal in Peace and War (1969)
  • Travels in Tartary and Thibet (1970)
  • Politics of God (1970)
  • The Jesus Party (published in the UK as The Pentecost Revolution: The Story of the Jesus Party in Israel, A.D. 36–66, 1974)
  • For Christ's Sake: A Discussion of the Jesus Enigma (1975)
  • The Shroud of Turin
  • (originally published in 1958 as The Authentic New Testament, updated and re-published under this title in 1985)
  • The Essene Odyssey: The Mystery of the True Teacher and the Essene Impact on the Shaping of Human Destiny (1984)
  • After the Cross (1981)
  • Proclaiming the Messiah: The Life and Letters of Paul of Tarsus, Envoy to the Nations (1997)
  • The Mystery of the Messiah (1998)
  • Jesus: Man, Mystic, Messiah (2004)

Articles

  • Wells as religious humanist[6]

References

  1. ^ Daniel R. Langton (2010). The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination: A Study in Modern Jewish–Christian Relations. p. 155. Schonfield was expelled from the Executive Committee of IHCA, of which he was a member from 1925 to 1937.
  2. ^ David A. Rausch (1982). "Messianic Judaism: its history, theology, and polity". Hebrew Christian Alliance Quarterly: 48–49. Note 43. It is interesting that Daniel Juster, the Spiritual Leader of Beth Messiah Congregation in Rockville, Maryland, corresponded with Schonfield several years ago. Schonfield confirmed to him that he indeed had had a bad experience with the… He said that after that experience he began to rethink everything and came to new conclusions… Schonfield indicated to Juster that Juster's faith in Messianic Judaism was naive and that he would have to someday "grow up" as Hugh Schonfield had done.
  3. ^ The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby – Page 168 Linda Hamalian – 2009 All that was required, she thought, was formal official status, and so she merged with the legally established Commonwealth of World Citizens founded by Dr. Hugh Schonfield, a British historian and scholar of what the West called..."
    • The politics of God, Hugh Joseph Schonfield – 1970 "There shall be identical treatment of those outside the Commonwealth as of those within it, treatment that is founded on reverence for the human personality. 3. The Commonwealth of World Citizens shall ever promote and actively assist ..."
    • World citizenship and mundialism: a guide to the building of a ... – Page 23 John Charles de Villamar Roberts – 1999 "The Commonwealth of World Citizens offered itself as an example of a new "nation" devoted solely to serving humanity. Its founder, Dr. Hugh Schonfield, a distinguished Biblical scholar, had worked for world citizenship and mundialism ..."
    • Alternative approaches to world government Hanna Newcombe – 1967 "The Commonwealth of World Citizens, or Mondcivitans , was founded long before Garry Davis. In 1938, Dr. Hugh Schonfield, distinguished British Jewish scholar and diplomat, conceived the civilized world's need for a new "independent and ...
    • No Sense of Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe – Page 141 Matt Young – 2001 "Hugh Schonfield was a New Testament scholar who was educated at King's College, London, and earned a doctorate in sacred literature at the University of Glasgow. He was a prolific author but received attention mostly for The Passover Plot..."
  4. ^ Martin Lunn (2004). Da Vinci Code Decoded: The Truth Behind the New York Times #1 Bestseller. p. 119. Dr. Schonfield was one of the original researchers working on the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and his most notable book on Biblical history is The Passover Plot. He applied the code to some of the scrolls that ...
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 25 August 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  6. ^ Religious humanism: Volume 3 Fellowship of Religious Humanists – 1969 WELLS AS RELIGIOUS HUMANIST By Hugh J. Schonfield – Experiment in Autobiography, by HG Wells"

External links

  • The Hugh & Helene Schonfield World Service Trust
  • The International Leadership and Business Society ( A business society based on the ideas of Hugh Schonfield)
  • 'Passing over the Plot: The Life and Work of Hugh Schonfield' (in Mishkan ISSUE NO 37 Fall 2002, Caspari Centre, Jerusalem)
  • Mondcivitania page on Facebook
  • A Life for Mankind: The Biography of Hugh Schonfield
  • Hugh Schonfield: A Case Study of Complex Jewish Identities

April 28, 2023
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Hugh Joseph Schonfield London 17 May 1901 24 January 1988 London was a British Bible scholar specialising in the New Testament and the early development of the Christian religion and church He was born in London and educated there at St Paul s School and King s College doing additional studies in the University of Glasgow He was one of the founders and president of the pacifist organisation Commonwealth of World Citizens Mondcivitan Republic Contents 1 Religious and political beliefs 2 Works 3 Selected bibliography 4 References 5 External linksReligious and political beliefs EditSchonfield was a liberal Hebrew Christian In 1937 Schonfield was excluded from membership of the International Hebrew Christian Alliance IHCA 1 of which he had been a founding member since 1925 due to his unwillingness to affirm the deity of Jesus citation needed He later associated with Messianic Judaism for a while but was bitterly disillusioned by the experience 2 At one time he was president of the H G Wells Society He founded the Mondcivitan Republic Commonwealth of World Citizens in 1956 3 Works EditSchonfield wrote over 40 books including commercially successful books in the fields of history and biography as well as religion In 1958 his non ecclesiastical historical translation of the New Testament was published in the UK and the US titled The Authentic New Testament This aimed to show without idealised interpretation the meaning intended by the writers while maintaining the original structures A revised version appeared in 1985 titled The Original New Testament In 1965 he published the controversial The Passover Plot a book the thesis of which is that the Crucifixion was part of a larger conscious attempt by Jesus to fulfill the Messianic expectations rampant in his time and that the plan went unexpectedly wrong According to Steve Turner this was one of the books John Lennon was reading when he commented that the Beatles were More popular than Jesus Schonfield followed The Passover Plot with a sequel in 1968 Those Incredible Christians This was also described as controversial citation needed but had less impact than the earlier book 4 failed verification An additional aspect of his work was the revision of the Hebrew writing system 5 In The New Hebrew Typography published in 1932 he argued for a significantly revised version of the Hebrew alphabet modelled after the Latin alphabet including a capital lowercase distinction no final forms a vertical emphasis and serifs This alphabet has not been adopted Selected bibliography EditAn Old Hebrew Text of St Matthew s Gospel Translated translator with notes and appendices 1927 The Lost Book of the Nativity of John 1929 Letters to Frederick Tennyson editor 1930 The New Hebrew Typography 1932 An Astounding Scientific Discovery The Authentic Photograph of Christ His Face and Whole Figure as Marvellously Appearing on the Shroud Which Was Thrown over His Body after the Crucifixion by Kazimir de Proszynski edited with an historical supplement by Hugh J Schonfield The Speech That Moved the World 1932 For the Train Five Poems and a Tale by Lewis Carroll arranged poem order wrote preface 1932 The Book of British Industries editor 1933 Jesus Christ Nineteen Centuries After The Search Symposium by Leaders of the Great World Faiths 1933 The History of Jewish Christianity from the First to the Twentieth Century 1936 Richard Burton Explorer 1936 Ferdinand De Lesseps 1937 According to the Hebrews a New Translation of the Jewish Life of Jesus the Toldoth Jeshu with an Inquiry into the Mature of its Sources and Special Relationship to the Lost Gospel according to the Hebrews 1937 Travels and Researches in South Africa The Suez Canal 1939 Jesus A Biography 1939 The Treaty of Versailles The Essential Text and Amendments 1940 Readings from the Apocryphal Gospels editor 1940 The Divine Plan of World Government An Introduction to the Doctrine of a Holy Nation 1940 Italy and Suez 1941 Judaism and World Order 1943 This Man Was Right Woodrow Wilson Speaks Again editor 1943 The Jew of Tarsus An Unorthodox Portrait of Paul 1947 Saints Against Caesar The Rise and Reactions of the First Christian Community 1948 The Suez Canal in World Affairs 1952 Egypt Cross Road on a World Highway 1953 Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls Studies Towards their Solution 1956 The Bible Was Right An Astonishing Examination of the New Testament 1956 The Song of Songs editor and translator 1960 A Popular Dictionary of Judaism 1962 A History of Biblical Literature 1962 The Passover Plot New Light on the History of Jesus 1965 Reader s A to Z Bible Companion 1967 Those Incredible Christians 1968 Suez Canal in Peace and War 1969 Travels in Tartary and Thibet 1970 Politics of God 1970 The Jesus Party published in the UK asThe Pentecost Revolution The Story of the Jesus Party in Israel A D 36 66 1974 For Christ s Sake A Discussion of the Jesus Enigma 1975 The Shroud of Turin The Original New Testament originally published in 1958 as The Authentic New Testament updated and re published under this title in 1985 The Essene Odyssey The Mystery of the True Teacher and the Essene Impact on the Shaping of Human Destiny 1984 After the Cross 1981 Proclaiming the Messiah The Life and Letters of Paul of Tarsus Envoy to the Nations 1997 The Mystery of the Messiah 1998 Jesus Man Mystic Messiah 2004 Articles Wells as religious humanist 6 References Edit Daniel R Langton 2010 The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination A Study in Modern Jewish Christian Relations p 155 Schonfield was expelled from the Executive Committee of IHCA of which he was a member from 1925 to 1937 David A Rausch 1982 Messianic Judaism its history theology and polity Hebrew Christian Alliance Quarterly 48 49 Note 43 It is interesting that Daniel Juster the Spiritual Leader of Beth Messiah Congregation in Rockville Maryland corresponded with Schonfield several years ago Schonfield confirmed to him that he indeed had had a bad experience with the He said that after that experience he began to rethink everything and came to new conclusions Schonfield indicated to Juster that Juster s faith in Messianic Judaism was naive and that he would have to someday grow up as Hugh Schonfield had done The Cramoisy Queen A Life of Caresse Crosby Page 168 Linda Hamalian 2009 All that was required she thought was formal official status and so she merged with the legally established Commonwealth of World Citizens founded by Dr Hugh Schonfield a British historian and scholar of what the West called The politics of God Hugh Joseph Schonfield 1970 There shall be identical treatment of those outside the Commonwealth as of those within it treatment that is founded on reverence for the human personality 3 The Commonwealth of World Citizens shall ever promote and actively assist World citizenship and mundialism a guide to the building of a Page 23 John Charles de Villamar Roberts 1999 The Commonwealth of World Citizens offered itself as an example of a new nation devoted solely to serving humanity Its founder Dr Hugh Schonfield a distinguished Biblical scholar had worked for world citizenship and mundialism Alternative approaches to world government Hanna Newcombe 1967 The Commonwealth of World Citizens or Mondcivitans was founded long before Garry Davis In 1938 Dr Hugh Schonfield distinguished British Jewish scholar and diplomat conceived the civilized world s need for a new independent and No Sense of Obligation Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe Page 141 Matt Young 2001 Hugh Schonfield was a New Testament scholar who was educated at King s College London and earned a doctorate in sacred literature at the University of Glasgow He was a prolific author but received attention mostly for The Passover Plot Martin Lunn 2004 Da Vinci Code Decoded The Truth Behind the New York Times 1 Bestseller p 119 Dr Schonfield was one of the original researchers working on the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and his most notable book on Biblical history is The Passover Plot He applied the code to some of the scrolls that The Schonfieldian Script Page Archived from the original on 25 August 2003 Retrieved 6 May 2007 Religious humanism Volume 3 Fellowship of Religious Humanists 1969 WELLS AS RELIGIOUS HUMANIST By Hugh J Schonfield Experiment in Autobiography by HG Wells External links EditThe Hugh amp Helene Schonfield World Service Trust The International Leadership and Business Society A business society based on the ideas of Hugh Schonfield Passing over the Plot The Life and Work of Hugh Schonfield in Mishkan ISSUE NO 37 Fall 2002 Caspari Centre Jerusalem Mondcivitania page on Facebook A Life for Mankind The Biography of Hugh Schonfield Hugh Schonfield A Case Study of Complex Jewish Identities Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hugh J Schonfield amp oldid 1083775350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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