Tov and his parents came to faith in 1973 through the witness of several Christian families, making Tov a second-generation Jewish believer in Jesus. He’s authored hundreds of articles and over thirty books. 

Tov is a husband and a father to two young people who love Messiah. Tov and his wife and have been through intense poverty, unemployment and have overcome many challenges. 
Beginning in 2022, Tov has been an academic Research Fellow with the Institute of Midrashic Studies of the New Testament, working on a Masters of Science in New Testament Research.