Jesus and His Jewish Influences

For anyone interested in understanding the profound effect Jesus had on the world, it’s important to realize that his actions and teachings didn’t emerge from a vacuum. Rather, they were the product of a fascinating dialogue with—and reaction to—the traditions, cultures, and historical developments of ancient Jewish beliefs. In fact, early Judaism and Jesus are two subjects so inextricably linked that one cannot arrive at a true understanding of Jesus without understanding the time in which he lived and taught.

All Lectures:
1. Jesus and Judaism
2. Sacred Mountains and Law Giving in Judaism
3. The United and Divided Israelite Kingdoms
4. The Destruction of Solomon's Temple
5. The Jewish and Samaritan Schism
6. The Jewish Diaspora and the Golden Rule
7. Alexander the Great's Impact on the Jews
8. Jews and Greek Rule: The Heliodorus Affair
9. Desolating Sacrilege and the Maccabean Revolt
10. Apocalyptic Works and the "Son of Man"
11. Jesus's Jewish Lineage
12. Was Jesus a Pharisee?
13. Jewish Ritual Purity: The Sons of Light
14. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Earliest Hebrew Bible
15. Was Jesus an Essene?
16. The Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint
17. The Reign of Herod the Great
18. Pontius Pilate: A Roman Prefect
19. Anarchy in Judea
20. Jesus's Prophecy: Jerusalem's Destruction
21. Flavius Josephus: Witness to 1st Century A.D .
22. Rabbinic Judaism's Traditions about Jesus
23. Jesus's Apocalyptic Outlook
24. Jesus's Teachings and Sayings in Context