Video: Pharisees, Oral Torah, and the World of Jesus
What if the Pharisees weren’t the villains many were taught to hate? What if they served an important position in Jewish society, religious observance, and Biblical interpretative tradition that Jesus himself affirmed?
What if the Pharisees weren’t the villains many were taught to hate?
What if they served an important position in Jewish society, religious observance, and Biblical interpretative tradition that Jesus himself affirmed?
In this discussion, we explore the Jewish world that shaped Jesus, the Apostles, and the New Testament, and why the Pharisees were central to it.
We also explore the idea of "Biblical Judaism", understanding whether this is more fact than fiction.
The Pharisees preserved the living tradition that made the Torah practicable, teaching how the Biblical commands were meant to be lived, interpreted, and passed on.
Table of Contents:
00:00 – Welcome & Overview
01:05 – Explaining the Oral Torah and the Pharisees
02:30 - What did Moses receive at Sinai?
06:00 - The Written Torah
11:40 - Torah and Mitzvot
12:58 - Halacha, Jewish Law
14:40 - What Is the Oral Torah?
14:50 - 10 utterances, 613 Commandments, Fences
21:00 - Do not deviate from the Sages
23:00 - The Seven Rabbinic Mitzvot
24:10 - Keeping priorities straight
28:55 - The Myth of "Biblical Judaism."
30:15 - The New Testament and Rabbinic tradition
31:30 - Gaps in the Torah
38:55 - Commandments that need tradition
41:25 - Bearers of the Tradition: Pharisees
42:15 - Josephus on the Pharisees
47:40 - Jesus and the Pharisees