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:
- 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
- The Seven Types of Pharisees and the Fear of God in the Synoptic Gospels
- The Sin Against the Spirit: Matt. 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10
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JP’s Most Recent Blog Posts:
- Говорими езици по времето на Исус
Професор Сафрай представя преглед на трите езика, използвани в земята на Израел по време на дните на Исус, и заключава, че ивритът е основният език, говорен от еврейските жители по онова време. - 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. - Book Review: From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends
From Gods to God is an enjoyable read for anyone wishing to take a deeper look into stories from the Hebrew Scriptures. - The Lord’s Prayer Chanted in Greek
Listen to a recent recording of the Lord’s Prayer sung in Greek in the style of a Gregorian chant.
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:
- 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. - Unexpected Thief
A householder might be surprised by a thief, but those who know the Son of Man is coming need not be caught unawares.
