History of Modern Israel
Zionism
Holocaust studies
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Dr. Michael Rydelnik is Professor of Jewish Studies at Moody Bible Institute and the Host/Bible teacher on Open Line with Dr. Michael Rydelnik, answering listener Bible questions for more than 200 radio stations across the United States. The son of Holocaust survivors, he was raised in an observant Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. Michael became a follower of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah in high school and began teaching the Bible almost immediately afterwards. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute, Azusa Pacific University, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Trinity International University, where his doctoral research focused on the messianic hope of the Hebrew Bible. He is the co-editor of The Moody Bible Commentary and the author of Understanding the Arab Israeli Conflict:What the Headlines Haven't Told You and The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic? He has contributed to multiple study Bibles, books, and journals. Michael and his wife, Eva, love leading groups to Israel and hiking in the Adirondack Mountains with their two collies. The Rydelniks have two adult sons who call and write all the time.