Christian (4)
Christian is a surname common to many Jewish converts, of whom we mention:
1. CHRISTOPHER GUSTAV, of Niuremberg, who was baptized in 1719, is the author of, יסֹד אמֵוּנִת יֵשׁוּעִ i.e., The Elements of the Christian Religion (Berlin, 1712, 1719): — Die Bekehrung Israels (Schwabach, 1722). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:177; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 3:1898b; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.
2. FRIEDRICH, author of Beschreibung von der Juden ihrer falsch- vermeinten Freude, etc. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:177; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 3:1851.
⇒Bible concordance for CHRISTIAN.
3. MAGNUS, author of Traktat von der Juden Aberglauben (Hamburg, 1718). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:177; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 3:1402b; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.
4. PAUL (originally Malachia ben-Mardechai), was born in 1599. He was rabbi at Brzesc, in Lithuania, and was baptized in 1621 at Brunswick. He wrote Judischer Herzklopfer, or a history of his conversion, and his confession (Brunswick, 1621). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:177; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 1:965; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)
