"Course no. 6281." Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references (p. 161-163). Lecturer: Professor Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Contents:
Disc 4. Jesus's teachings and sayings in context. Sacred Mountains and Law Giving in Judaism -- The United and DIvided Israelite Kingdoms -- The destruction of Solomon's Temple -- The Jewish and Samaritan Schism -- The Jewish diaspora and the Golden Rule -- Disc 2. Alexander the Great's impact on the Jews -- Jews and Greek rulers: The heliodorus affair -- Desolating sacrilege and the Maccabean Revolt -- Apocalyptic works and the "Son of Man" -- Jesus' Jewish lineage -- Was Jesus a Pharisee? -- Disc 3. Jewish ritual purity: the sons of light -- The Dead Sea scrolls: earliest Hebrew Bible -- Was Jesus an Essene? -- The Hebrew scriptures the Septuagint -- The reign of Herod the Great -- Pontius Pilate: a Roman prefect -- Disc 4. Anarchy in Judea -- Jesus's prophecy: Jerusalem's destruction -- Flavius Josephus: witness to 1st century A.D. -- Rabbinic Judaism's traditions about Jesus -- Jesus's apocalyptic outlook -- Jesus's teachings and sayings in context.
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