Engelking, Stephen A.: - "Hugh Joseph Schonfield (London, 17 May 1901 - January 24, 1988, London) was a British Bible scholar specialising in the New Testament and the early development of the Christian religion and church. He was born in London, and educated there at St Paul's School and King's College, doing postgraduate religious studies in the University of Glasgow, Doctor of Sacred Literature. He was one of the founders and president of the pacifist organisation Commonwealth of World Citizens Mondcivitan Republic. At one time he was president of the H.G. Wells Society. He founded the Mondcivitan Republic, Commonwealth of World Citizens, in 1956. Schonfield was a liberal Hebrew Christian. In 1937 Schonfield was expelled from the Executive Committee of International Hebrew Christian Alliance (IHCA), of which he had been a member since 1925, (this organisation is now the International Messianic Jewish Alliance or IMJA). He later associated with Messianic Judaism for a while, but was bitterly disillusioned by the experience. Schonfield was one of the original Dead Sea Scrolls team members. (Extracted from Wikipedia)"