Michael Rydelnik

Michael A. Rydelnik

Dr. Michael Rydelnik is Professor of Jewish Studies and Bible at Moody Bible Institute. He is the Host/Bible teacher on Open Line with Dr. Michael Rydelnik, answering listener Bible questions every Saturday morning for more than 200 stations across America. The son of Holocaust survivors, he was raised in an observant Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. Michael trusted in Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah in high school and began teaching the Bible almost immediately. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute, Azusa Pacific University, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where his doctoral research focused on the messianic hope of the Hebrew Bible. Dr. Rydelnik is the co-editor of The Moody Bible Commentary. He served on the translation team for the Holman CSB and has contributed to multiple study Bibles, books, and theological journals. Michael and his wife, Eva, have two adult sons who call and write all the time.

Michael A. Rydelnik’s Contributions

Becoming a Hopeful Failure – Dr. Michael Rydelnik

Dr. Michael Rydelnik is a Professor of Jewish Studies at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL.…
March 1, 2022

Dealing with Doubt

Dr. Michael Rydelnik, Professor of Jewish Studies at Moody Bible Institute, reminds us difficult and disappointing circumstances…
September 2, 2015

Missions and Evangelism Lectureship

Dr. Michael Rydelnik, Professor of Jewish Studies, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL, gives us three reasons…
November 4, 2011
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Who Really Killed Jesus?

Dr. Michael Rydelnik, professor of Jewish studies at Moody Bible Institute, investigates the biblical evidence regarding…
February 20, 2004

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