We are all familiar with the Biblical word “Zion” (in Hebrew צִיּון “Tziyon”). When we delve further into the original Hebrew we are able to see something about this word that just can’t be understood in translation. Did you know that the word “Zion” (Tziyon) comes from the verb לְצַיֵּן “leTzayen” which means “to mark […]
By Prof. Daniel Boyarin My specific project in this paper is to combine several related and notorious questions in the history of Judaism into one: What is the nexus among the semidivine (or high angel) figure known in the Talmud as Metatron, the figure of the ̣ exalted Enoch in the Enoch books (1-3 Enoch!), […]
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. The author of John makes a very interesting point in this verse. Before the feast of tabernacles people were afraid to talk about Jesus because they were afraid of hoi Ioudaioi. (John 7.13) However, […]
27 But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.” If we read the Gospels with an absolute commitment to always systematize them into one coherent story, we will have difficulty to always be able to do so. In most cases it will be […]
Listen to this lecture by Prof. Daniel Boyarin, University of California at Berkley [tab] [tab_item title=”Part 2″][youtube height=”298″ width=”530″]https://youtu.be/_qO4hwoq0gs[/youtube] [/tab_item] [tab_item title=”Part 3″][youtube height=”298″ width=”530″]https://youtu.be/6xV3CXFSYxo[/youtube] [/tab_item] [tab_item title=”Part 4″][youtube height=”298″ width=”530″]https://youtu.be/g9lKIJJaKPk[/youtube] [/tab_item] [tab_item title=”Part 5″][youtube height=”298″ width=”530″]https://youtu.be/caB_Rcclw8U[/youtube] [/tab_item] [tab_item title=”Part 6″][youtube height=”298″ width=”530″]https://youtu.be/52ayH9M5bZU[/youtube] [/tab_item] [/tab]
14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?” The Feast of Tabernacles is a week-long celebration (A Jewish historian Josephus Flavius called this particular feast – most holy and important […]
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Once Jesus’ most dramatic statement about the nature of his person and mission (eating his body and drinking his blood) was delivered in Capernaum, he began to spend more time in Galilee. The […]
Mark D. Nanos (Ph.D. University of St. Andrews), is a Jewish scholar who specializes on reading the Apostle Paul from within Judaism, an approach that offers new ways to conceptualize Paul’s teaching and communities as well as the potential for more promising Christian-Jewish relations. Many papers and reviews are available at his web site: www.marknanos.com. […]
For much better viewing click here. 67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus […]
For much better viewing please click here. 60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Please, see my comments in Eating His Flesh […]
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