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Below we have compiled a list of suggested reading. The selected articles are a launching point for further study. They also serve to introduce you to a number of Jerusalem Perspective’s contributors. In order to access the articles in the list you will need to log in as a Premium Content member.
Jewish Culture in the First Century
- David Bivin (editor of JP), “At the Feet of a Sage”
- Shmuel Safrai, “Master and Disciple”
- ——, “The Role of Women in the Temple”
- David Flusser, “Gamaliel and Nicodemus”
- Mendel Nun, “‘Let Down Your Nets’”
- ——, “Fish and the Sea of Galilee”
- R. Steven Notley, “First-century Jewish Use of Scripture: Evidence from the Life of Jesus”
- ——, “John’s Baptism of Repentance”
- David Pileggi, “Who Were the Essenes?”
- ——, “The Library at Qumran”
- Jack Poirier, “Were the Pharisees ‘Legalistic’?”
- Joshua Tilton, “A Goy’s Guide to Ritual Purity”
- Ronny Reich, “Six Stone Water Jars”
Life and Teachings of Jesus
- David Bivin, “Jesus and the Oral Torah”
- ——, “Was Jesus a Rabbi?”
- ——, “Was Jesus a Confirmed Bachelor?”
- Shmuel Safrai, “Sabbath Breakers”
- ——, “Synagogue and Sabbath”
- David Flusser, “Parables of Ill Repute”
- ——, “Jesus and the Essenes”
- Robert Lindsey, “The Kingdom of God: God’s Power Among Believers”
- ——, “‘Verily’ or ‘Amen’—What Did Jesus Say?”
- Randall Buth, “That Small-fry Herod Antipas, or When a Fox Is Not a Fox”
- ——, “Your Money or Your Life”
- R. Steven Notley, “By the Finger of God”
- ——, “Jesus and the Essene Passover”
- Chana Safrai, “Jesus’ Devout Jewish Parents and Their Child Prodigy”
- Joseph Frankovic, “Remember Shiloh!”
- Brad Young, “The Lord’s Prayer”
Studying the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke)
Robert Lindsey, “An Introduction to Synoptic Studies”- ——, “Unlocking the Synoptic Problem: Four Keys for Better Understanding Jesus”
- David Flusser, “Flusser on Lindsey’s Synoptic Hypothesis”
- ——, “Foreword to Robert Lindsey’s A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark”
- David Bivin, “A New Solution to the Synoptic Problem”
- Halvor Ronning, “Why I Am a Member of the Jerusalem School”
- R. Steven Notley, “Anti-Jewish Tendencies in the Synoptic Gospels”
- ——, “Book Review: Robert Lindsey’s A Comparative Greek Concordance of the Synoptic Gospels”
- Joseph Frankovic, “Pieces to the Synoptic Puzzle: Papias and Luke 1:1-4”
- Randall Buth, “Matthew’s Aramaic Glue”
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