Dr. Michael Rydelnik is Professor of Jewish Studies at the Moody Bible Institute where he has taught since 1994. The son of Holocaust survivors, he was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. Michael trusted in Jesus the Messiah in high school and has been serving the Jewish community since then. A sought after speaker and teacher, Michael is a biblical scholar specializing in the Hebrew Bible, the Jewish people, the land of Israel, and biblical prophecy.

Michael can be heard every Wednesday morning at 7:15 A.M on WMBI-FM [90.1 Chicago] answering listener Bible questions. He is a Resource Scholar for RBC Ministries and appears frequently on the Day of Discovery TV programs.   He recently appeared in the Lee Strobel film The Case for Christ. Michael also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Dallas Theological Seminary, Talbot School of Theology, and the Criswell Graduate School.  

He is the author of Understanding the Arab Israeli Conflict: What the Headlines Haven‘t Told You (Moody Publishers)  and The Messianic Hope: Is the Old Testament Really Messianic (B&H Publishers). He has contributed to numerous books, professional journals and magazines. Recently, Michael became the co-editor of The Moody Bible Commentary, a one-volume commentary on the whole Bible to be written by the faculty of the Moody Bible Institute. He served on the translation team of the new Holman CSB version of the Bible and has contributed to both the Apologetics Study Bible (Holman) and the soon to be published Holman Study Bible.  

He graduated in Jewish Studies from the Moody Bible Institute, earned his B.A. degree from Azusa Pacific University, his Th.M. degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, and his doctorate from Trinity International University . Michael and his wife, Eva live in a historic Jewish Chicago neighborhood that also is the city's most most diverse neighborhood.  They  enjoy Hollywood classics, literature and hiking with their two collies, Feivel and Darby.  The Rydelniks have two adult sons--who call and write all the time.