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:

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  The Social Jesus: Beyond an Individualist Reading of the Capernaum Synagogue Incident2023Oct26
  In the social reading of the Capernaum Synagogue incident Jesus restores the tattered fabric of the community, exchanging the way things were for a newer and better way.
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  Tangled up in T^echēlet: Tzitzit (Ritual Tassels) in the Time of Jesus2023Jul06
  Although the wearing of tzitzit is enjoined in Scripture, we do not find records of its actual observance until the Second Temple period.
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  The Names of Jerusalem in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts2023May01
  What can the Greek and Hebrew forms of Jerusalem’s name tell us either about the sources of the Synoptic Gospels and Acts or the audiences to whom these works were addressed?
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  What Is the Leaven of the Pharisees?2023Jan31
  The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke give three different answers. Which, if any, is original?

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JP’s Most Recent Blog Posts:

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  Aesop’s Fables and the Parables of the Sages
  by JP Staff Writer
  The meshalim (proverbs and parables) of the sages shed light on the development of Aesop’s fables and on variant versions of the fables within the complex Aesopic tradition.
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  Unearthed Treasures: English Versions of Previously Untranslated Flusser Articles
  by JP Staff Writer
  Check out these translations at WholeStones.org.
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  Audio JP: Chickens and the Cultural Context of the Gospels
  by Joshua N. Tilton
  Listen to “Chickens and the Cultural Context of the Gospels.”
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  New E-Book Available Now!
  by JP Staff Writer
  A collection of thirty-five JP articles to celebrate JP’s first thirty-five years.

Most Recent LOY Posts:

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  Sermon’s End2023Oct26
  The narrative conclusion to Jesus’ homily on the Torah and the Kingdom of Heaven.
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  Teaching in Kefar Nahum2023Oct25
  A clash between entrenched demonic powers and one proclaiming the Kingdom of Heaven.
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  “Showing Proper Humility” complex2023Aug17
  A lesson in derech eretz (“proper conduct”).
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  Return to the Galil2023Jul12
  How a bare statement about Jesus’ return to the Galilee was pressed into the service of the author of Luke’s apologetic goals, the author of Mark’s kerygmatic program, and the author of Matthew’s theological agenda.

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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