Paul Philip Levertoff
Paul Philip Levertoff (born October 14, 1878 in Orscha , Belarus , † July 31, 1954 in London ) was a Protestant theologian and one of the founders of the messianic-Jewish movement .
Life
Levertoff came from a Hasidic (Orthodox Jewish) family. After graduating from the prestigious Yeshiva of Valozhyn he converted to Christianity in 1895. He studied theology in Russia and Germany and in 1912 became a lecturer at the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum in Leipzig. He was married to the Welsh woman Beatrice Levertoff, daughter of a Methodist pastor, was interned as an enemy foreigner in Leipzig during the First World War and moved to England in 1918, where he worked for the Anglican Church in the Jewish mission . He translated the Anglican liturgy into Hebrew. Levertoff became involved in the 1930s against the fascist politics of Italy and the politics in Germany and Spain.
His daughter Denise Levertov moved to the United States with her husband Mitchell Goodman in 1948 , both of whom became writers.
literature
- Karina Lehnardt: Levertoff, Paul Philipp. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 1564-1565.
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Philip Levertoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- 33 articles and books by Paul Philip Levertoff (English and German) on vineofdavid.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Küttler : Controversial Jewish mission. The Leipzig Central Association for Mission under Israel from Franz Delitzsch to Otto von Harling . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2009, p. 72f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levertoff, Paul Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levertoff, Paul Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orsha , Belarus |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1954 |
| Place of death | London |