Video: Misreading the Rabbis. Recovering the Context of the New Testament | Part 2
In part 2 of this video series, we look at the parallels between the teachings in the New Testament and the emerging Rabbinic Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple. Learn the deeper message behind key teachings of Jesus, and the point of the healing on Shabbat conflicts.
In part 2 of this video series, we look at the parallels between the teachings in the New Testament and the emerging Rabbinic Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple. Learn the deeper message behind key teachings of Jesus, and the point of the healing on Shabbat conflicts.
Learn the core conflicts between the Pharisaic schools of Hillel and Shammai, and how the Apostolic arguments are related to this intra-Jewish discourse.
Was Jesus intent on leaving his Jewish worldview behind? Were the Pharisees the evil villains of the Gospels, or is there something else going on?
In short, we will find that Jesus's arguments were not an attempt to exit the Jewish tradition and legal system, but a normative, intra-rabbinic discussion aimed at improving it.
