TTC Video – Jesus and His Jewish Influences

Thought-provoking questions about ancient Judaism and the roots of Jesus’s ministry can be found in the 24 intriguing lectures of Jesus and His Jewish Influences. Crafted by acclaimed archaeologist and biblical scholar Jodi Magness of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this fascinating course approaches the subject of Jesus from a historical, rather than scriptural, perspective; one rooted in the study of ancient texts and archaeological discoveries. You’ll embark upon an in-depth investigation of the ancient world that Jesus was born into, and you’ll revisit the tumultuous events of early Jewish history with the specific purpose of gleaning hidden insights into how they shaped an individual and a movement whose legacy endures to this very day.

Lectures:

LECTURE 1 Jesus and Judaism

LECTURE 2 Sacred Mountains and Law Giving in Judaism

LECTURE 3 The United and Divided Israelite Kingdoms

LECTURE 4 The Destruction of Solomons Temple

LECTURE 5 The Jewish and Samaritan Schism

LECTURE 6 The Jewish Diaspora and the Golden Rule

LECTURE 7 Alexander the Greats Impact on the Jews

LECTURE 8 Jews and Greek Rule: The Heliodorus Affair

LECTURE 9 Desolating Sacrilege and the Maccabean Revolt

LECTURE 10 Apocalyptic Works and the “Son of Man”

LECTURE 11 Jesus Jewish Lineage

LECTURE 12 Was Jesus a Pharisee?

LECTURE 13 Jewish Ritual Purity: The Sons of Light

LECTURE 14 The Dead Sea Scrolls: Earliest Hebrew Bible

LECTURE 15 Was Jesus an Essene?

LECTURE 16 The Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint

LECTURE 17 The Reign of Herod the Great

LECTURE 18 Pontius Pilate: A Roman Prefect

LECTURE 19 Anarchy in Judea

LECTURE 20 Jesuss Prophecy: Jerusalems Destruction

LECTURE 21 Flavius Josephus: Witness to 1st Century A.D.

LECTURE 22 Rabbinic Judaisms Traditions about Jesus

LECTURE 23 Jesus Apocalyptic Outlook

LECTURE 24 Jesus Teachings and Sayings in Context