In the winter of 1982–1983, Robert Lindsey delivered a series of lectures in Jerusalem. These lectures were recorded and transcribed by Walli Callaway, edited by James Burnham and published as The Lindsey Lectures. Lindsey reedited the lectures in the spring of 1990, adding new material, and they were published that summer as The Jesus Sources.
Exploring the Jewish Background to the Life and Words of Jesus
And Where Did You Go for the Seder?
We are now in the middle of Passover week and one frequently hears the question, "And where did you go for the Seder [the special home service on the first night of Passover]?" Answers are varied: "To my family's home." "To friends." "To a hotel in Eilat."...
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Gentiles Demand All These Things
Readers gain a new insight into Jesus' homily on worry (Mt. 6:25-34//Lk. 12:22-31) as it is compared with two other ancient Jewish texts. All three sources describe gentiles as people obsessed with the basic necessities of food and drink and clothing. ... 18 Dec 2012 No comments Read More
I happily stand corrected!
After reading my "Jehovah, A Christian Misunderstanding" article, a Jerusalem Perspective Member provided several impressive references, pointed out that the Christian reading "Jehovah" can be traced to Raymond Martin’s Pugeo Fidei (1270 A.D.), and may have originated much earlier, even as early as the ninth century!...
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Engaged: Eternally Dwelling In Hell?
Becker discusses a JP article where one verse of Mark has Jesus using an idiom which might be misunderstood by translators. Becker purports that the discovery should engage our readers on the topic of death after death....
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Readers gain a new insight into Jesus’ homily on worry (Mt. 6:25-34//Lk. 12:22-31) as it is compared with two other ancient Jewish texts. All three sources describe gentiles as people obsessed with the basic necessities of food and drink and clothing.
The Apostolic Decree sharpened the prohibition of idolatry and expressly forbid the eating of meat offered to idols. A proof for the importance in Judaism of the three major prohibitions is the decision of Lydda, according to which no circumstance would justify a Jew’s committing these three sins. This decision also was taken over by the young church into its discipline in the course of the second century.
A Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, with a Reconstruction of Their Conjectured Hebrew Ancestor
Jerusalem Perspective has launched an attempt to reconstruct a Hebrew “Life of Yeshua,” which, according to church tradition was written by Yeshua’s disciple Matthew. If this tradition is reliable, then the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke would be grandchildren or great-grandchildren of that conjectured Hebrew biography.
A recognition of the importance of Hebrew in understanding the Gospels is a new contribution to grappling with the synoptic problem.
Without a knowledge of the saying’s context, the saying about eyes and ears and prophets and righteous men, is quite prosaic. However, if this saying deals with the Kingdom of Heaven, it would be one of the most important verses in the Bible.
A little Jewish background provides an important perspective on the Lord’s Prayer and removes the notion that all prayers should be short.
Yeshua directs Peter and John to go and prepare the Passover “that we may eat it.” When they arrive at the place where the meal will be eaten, the owner shows the disciples a furnished dining room where they can hold the celebration.
Yeshua’s response to the rich man and Yeshua’s subsequent teaching about the importance of counting the cost of discipleship may have been prompted solely by the rich man’s question.
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Kevin Kilty and Mark Elliott have written yet another article arguing that the Talpiot tomb is likely to be the tomb of Jesus’ family. Their new article aims to overturn a number of objections made by Jodi Magness in her book Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011). As with their earlier work, Kilty and Elliott’s latest effort displays a faulty understanding of the numbers involved in calculating the odds that the Talpiot tomb is the tomb of Jesus’ family.
Some months ago, pastor-blogger Trevin Wax posted an article called “Urban Legends: The Preacher’s Edition.” There he lists several “urban legends” that he’s heard floating around lately in sermons. Like Internet rumors that people forward on ad infinitum, these preaching illustrations don’t have much grounding in fact.
We continue the exciting series of Forum discussions for readers who want to learn more about Jesus: a fourth synoptic question has been posted in the JP Discussion Forum. This is part of our ongoing effort to keep our Forum subscribers engaged and challenged. Each month we present a new synoptic riddle.
Adam gave names only to animals and birds, apparently avoiding fish entirely. The names of about fifty fish are mentioned in rabbinic literature, but the Torah merely makes a general distinction between clean fish, which Jews are permitted to eat (vertebrate), and unclean (without bones). Clean fish are generally recognized by the presence of fins and scales.
