Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick Frey (born Joseph Levi; September 21, 1771–1850) was a German activist who sought to convert Jews to Christianity. He was active in London and in the United States.
He was born in Maynstockheim, Franconia, the third of ten children.[1] He was raised in an orthodox Jewish home.[1] He converted to Lutheranism on May 8, 1798.[1] He subsequently became an activist, seeking to convert other Jews to Christianity. He was active in London before migrating to New York.[1] His writings portrayed Jews very negatively.[1]
In 1809 he founded the London Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews after disagreements with the London Missionary Society.[2]
Works
edit- Joseph and Benjamin: letters on the controversy between Jews and Christians : comprising the most important doctrines of the Christian religion. 1837[3]
- A Hebrew, Latin and English Dictionary; containing all the Hebrew and Chaldee Words used in the Old Testament, published in 1815 by Gale and Fenner, Paternoster-Row[4]
- Narrative of the Rev. Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey, 1834, digital at archive.org
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 Berlin, George L. (1981). "Joseph S.C.F. Frey, the Jews, and Early Nineteenth Century Millenarianism". Journal of the Early Republic. 1 (1): 27–49. doi:10.2307/3122773. ISSN 0275-1275.
- ↑ Narrative of the Rev. Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey 1834 "My father, Samuel Levi, was nineteen years a private tutor in a Jewish family at Maynburnheim; and, after he had married, continued, as it were, day and night in the study of the sacred Scriptures and the traditions of men,"
- ↑ Joseph and Benjamin: A series of letters on the controversy between Jews and Christians; comprising the most important doctrines of the Christian religion. Moore & Payne.
- ↑ A Hebrew, Latin and English Dictionary at Google Books