
Originally a print magazine and now an online publication, Jerusalem Perspective (JP) endeavors to help readers better understand Jesus’ life and teachings within the historical, cultural, religious and linguistic contexts of first-century Israel. JP also aims to acquaint readers with a new approach to the Synoptic Gospels, pioneered by Jewish and Christian scholars in Jerusalem, that uses Hebrew as a tool for identifying the earliest versions of Jesus’ sayings in the hope of more clearly conveying Jesus’ message to audiences today.
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JP Articles by Israeli Scholar David Flusser:
- Teaching with Authority: The Development of Jesus’ Portrayal as a Teacher within the Synoptic Tradition
- Corrections and Emendations to Flusser’s Judaism of the Second Temple Period
- David Flusser on the Historical Jesus: An Interview with Roy Blizzard
- The Gospel of John’s Jewish-Christian Source
- Foreword to Robert Lindsey’s A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark
- Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christianity

JP Articles by Biblical Languages Master
Randall Buth:
- Your Money or Your Life
- Where Is the Aramaic Bible at Qumran? Scripture Use in the Land of Israel
- What Kind of Blessing Is That?
- What Is the Priest Doing? Common Sense and Culture
- Video Clip: Randall Buth on “A Hebraic Approach to the Resurrection of Jesus”
- Trusting in the Goodness of God: The Faith of a Moabitess

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Article Series:
Reconstructing the conjectured Greek and Hebrew sources behind the Synoptic Gospels.
Keeping track of the Hebraisms in the Synoptic Gospels with David Bivin.
David Bivin Asks: How Observant Was Jesus?
Hebrew for Beginners with David Bivin.
Discovering Similarities Between Jesus and the Rabbinic Sages with David Bivin.
Studying the Jewish Roots of the Lord’s Prayer with Brad Young.

