Come study at the feet of Jesus with Jerusalem Perspective (JP). Together we’ll explore the historical, cultural, religious and linguistic contexts of the life and teachings of Jesus to better understand Jesus’ message and his place in first-century Jewish society.
JP’s Most Recent Articles:
- Character Profile: Prostitutes in the Gospels
- Purity Halakha in the Story of the Hemorrhaging Woman
- Coordinating Ritual and Moral Purity in the New Testament
- Two Kinds of Love in the Story of the Paralyzed Man
- Character Profile: Beelzebul
- What’s Wrong with Contagious Purity? Debunking the Myth that Jesus Never Became Ritually Impure
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JP’s Most Recent Blog Posts:
- Book Review: That I May Dwell Among Them: Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative
Anderson’s book is a re-evaluation of Israel’s Temple and sacrifice, which JP readers are sure to enjoy. - New JP Navigation Feature Available Now
Introducing the JP Scripture Index. - Wildfires in the Jerusalem Hills
Recent wildfires consumed natural forest, woodland, and open areas in the hills of Jerusalem. - The Lord’s Supper and the Passover Seder: How Are They Connected?
The two elements of the Lord’s Supper (bread and wine) are those least distinctive to the Passover meal.
In addition to exploring Jesus’ ancient contexts, JP promotes a new approach to the Synoptic Gospels. This approach, pioneered by Jewish and Christian scholars in Jerusalem, uses Hebrew as a tool for recovering the earliest forms of Jesus’ sayings.
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The Life of Yeshua (LOY) project utilizes Robert Lindsey’s solution to the Synoptic Problem to reconstruct the conjectured Greek and Hebrew sources behind the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke in order to better understand the stories of Jesus’ life and the meaning of his teachings.
Most Recent Life of Yeshua Posts:
- Refusing John the Baptist
An early Christian critique of those who rejected John the Baptist and his message. - Man With Edema
According to Jesus God sets aside his divine prerogatives in order to alleviate human suffering. - “Wonders and Accusations” complex
A collection of stories about Jesus’ healing power and the controversy it provoked. - Faithful or Faithless Slave
In Faithful or Faithless Slave Jesus encouraged his disciples to emulate Moses, the faithful slave in all God’s house.
