Windows on Jesus: Lesson 11: Jewish Backgrounds

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Lesson Eleven of "Windows on Jesus," a fifteen-part course on the Synoptic Gospels with Halvor Ronning of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research.

In the autumn of 1996 Halvor Ronning presented “Windows on Jesus,” a course in fifteen lectures to the Christian Friends of Israel (UK) at a location outside London. Jerusalem Perspective is pleased to finally make these courses available to the public.

Lesson Eleven: Jewish Backgrounds


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  • Halvor Ronning

    Halvor Ronning

    Halvor Ronning (B.A., St. Olaf Lutheran College; B.D., Lutheran Theological Seminary; M.A., Yale University) is a founding member and past director of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research. An officially licensed Israeli tour guide, he has lived in Israel for over fifty years. Although born…
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