Dr. Zvi Sadan's webpage is dedicated to issues relating to Jesus, Judaism, New Testament and Israel. Sadan's presupposition is that the conflict between Jesus and Israel is primarily polemical and cultural rather than theological. His persuasion has been that when viewed without prejudice, Jesus is indeed the bearer of good news to Israel. His thought-provoking articles are the result of years of studying Christian, Jewish and Messianic Jewish views of Jesus.

About Zvi Sadan

This is an ongoing site.

The Publisher, author and speaker Dr. Zvi Sadan was born on Kibbutz AmiAd, Israel to Holocaust survivors. Following army, Zvi traveled the world. After marrying and starting a family, Zvi came to the United States and finished a Masters. Holding a doctorate (Jesus of Nazareth in Zionist Thought) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he is also the author of a commentary on the Gospel of Matthew and the Acts of the Apostles as well as a work titled “101 Names of the Messiah” (soon to be published in German). He authored a Hebrew-Greek dictionary printed in Israel. Zvi is also publisher/editor of the bimonthly Kivun magazine. Recently, Zvi Sadan has founded the new Beit Midrash Khut Hashani — a Different kind of Beit Midrash in Jerusalem.

• 1955: Zvi Sadan was born in Kibbutz Ami-Ad, Israel to Holocaust survivors. He grew up in Kibbutz Erez by the Gaza strip, and left the Kibbutz in 1977.

• 1973: At the age of 18, he was drafted to the Israeli army and served in a Special Forces unit. A few months later, the Yom Kippur War broke and his unit participated in the fighting in the Sinai desert. In 1976, after three years, Zvi finished his army service and for a year and a half he hitchhiked through Australia Europe, Canada and the US. Upon his return back to Israel, he worked in various jobs—from agriculture to construction work.

• 1982: Zvi was drafted back to the army to fight in the first Lebanon war. Tsvi was married in 1983. Zvi and Daphna have three children.

• 1989: Zvi, together with his family, went to study in the USA. Though he did not finish high school because of the intevening Yom Kippur War, Zvi was able to complete his M.A. in biblical studies and was graduated from Trinity University four years later in 1993. Upon graduation, the Sadans moved back to Israel.

• 1993-1997: Zvi worked with the group Netivyah, in an attempt to build a college for biblical studies.

• 1997: Zvi left Netivyah and founded Kivun—a bimonthly magazine.

• 1997: Zvi was admitted to the Hebrew University for his PhD studies in Jewish history.

• 1997-2006: Zvi (together with Hilary LeCornu, another doctoral student) worked on a Hebrew-Greek dictionary for the New Testament. In June 2006 the dictionary was published by Akademon Publications.

• 2006: Zvi completed his PhD. The topic of his dissertation is: “Jesus of Nazareth in Zionist Thought.”
• 2007: Zvi founded the Khut Hashani—a Different kind of Beit Midrash in Jerusalem.
• 2008 Zvi published his book Flesh of Our Flesh: Jesus of Nazareth in Zionist Thoghout

• Currently, Zvi continues to publish Kivun and works to develop the Beit Midrash. He also works as free lance writer for the monthly publication Israel Today.

During the past fifteen years Tsvi continuously wrote, lectured and published many articles on various subjects, some of which are available at this webpage