Dr. Michael Rydelnik
Dr. Michael Rydelnik is Professor of Jewish Studies at the Moody Bible Institute. The son of Holocaust survivors, he was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. Michael trusted in Jesus the Messiah in high school and has been ministering within the Jewish community ever since. He is the author of Understanding the Arab Israeli Conflict (Moody Publishers, 2004, Revised 2007) and The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic? (B&H Publishers, 2010). Michael served on the translation team of the Holman CSB translation and contributed to several other books and study Bibles. Michael is a regular contributor to the Day of Discovery television program, appeared in the Lee Stroebel video, The Case for Christ, and hosts OpenLine, answering Bible questions every Saturday morning on Moody Radio Chicago (WMBI 90.1 FM). Michael and his wife, Eva, have two adult sons who call and write all the time. The Rydelniks live in Chicago, IL and enjoy hiking with their two collies.