NT156 Understanding Easter: The Significance of the Resurrection
NT202 A Survey of Jewish History and Literature from the Second Temple Period
NT211 Introducing the Gospels and Acts: Their Background, Nature, and Purpose
NT221 The Wisdom of John: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Johannine Literature
NT222 Introducing the Epistles and Revelation: Their Setting and Message
NT301 The Gospels as Ancient Biography: A Theological and Historical Perspective
NT314 Book Study: The Gospel of Matthew in Its Jewish Context
NT332 A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Romans
NT340 Book Study: Paul’s Letter to the Galatians: The Gospel for Jew and Gentile
NT348 Book Study: Paul’s Letters to the Colossians and Philemon
NT364 Book Study: James
NT390 Jesus as Rabbi: The Jewish Context of the Life of Jesus
NT395 Perspectives on Paul: Reformation and the New Perspective
Explore the words of Jesus through the context of His conversations with other Jews. From the role of ancient rabbis and rabbinic literature to portrayals of Jesus in the Talmud, Dr. Instone-Brewer reveals how Jesus’ teachings were influenced by His Jewish life. We see Jesus attending the Jewish festivals, interacting with the Jewish leaders and laypeople and teaching them about the Father that He came from, was representing, and was going back to.
Explain what Jesus was seeking to accomplish through His prayers, His miracles, and His teachings about salvation and sin
Hold an informed perspective on Jesus’ teaching for increased understanding and devotion
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Diversity in Judaism
Evidence for Jewish Life
The Nature of Oral Texts
The Schools of Hillel and Shammai
Preserving and Editing the Tradition
Significance of the Rabbinic Traditions
Who Were the Rabbis?
Unification after 70 CE
Fragmented Judaism in the First Century
The Influence of the Rabbis in New Testament Times
What Is Rabbinic Literature?
The Collections
Navigating Halakic Material
The Rabbis of Rabbinic Literature
Dating the Rabbinic Materials
An Example: What Can Be Carried on the Sabbath
Key Scholars of the Tradition
Printing and Censorship
The Printed Talmud
Censored Passages
Censored Arrest Warrant
Dating the Talmudic Tradition about Jesus
Analyzing Textual Clues
Digging into the Trial Traditions
Correcting the Historical Core
The Origin of the Tradition
Comparing the Teaching of Jesus and the Rabbis
Disciples of Jesus the Rabbi
The Disciple Copies the Master
Traits of Nonacademic Disciples
Jesus’ Halakic Teaching on Clean and Unclean
Jesus’ Public and Private Teaching
Parallels between Jesus and Yohanan ben Zakkai
Jesus on Corban
Jesus in Translation
Jesus’ Halakah
Conclusion: Jesus and Halakah
The Law and Layers of Tradition
The Fence around the Law
Jesus’ Two Commandments
The Yoke of the Kingdom
The Yoke of Commandments and the Early Church
Laws That Jesus Kept
“But I Tell You …”
Jesus and the Sabbath
Laws That Jesus Rejected
Fulfilling the Law
First-Century Sermons
Jesus’ Sermon at Nazareth
Identifying the Links in Jesus’ Sermon
Parables
Rabbinic Parable about Legalism
A Parable Jesus Heard
Moral or Spiritual Sayings
Sayings in Mishnah Avot
The Value of Studying Prayers
Prayer in Judaism
The Oldest Amidah
The Text of the Amidah
The Amidah in Temple Worship
New Testament Allusions to the Amidah
The “Blessing” for the Heretics
The Shorter Abstract of the Amidah
The Lord’s Prayer
God as Father
Daily Bread
Demanding Forgiveness
Tempting and Testing
Forever and Ever
Is Sin Important?
The Idea of Sin in the Gospels
John’s Baptism
Day of Atonement
The Unforgivable Sin
Being Brought to Repentance
Forgiving Others
Jesus’ Teaching on Hell
Three Groups at Judgment
Hell according to the Qumran Group
Jesus’ Distinctive Teaching on Hell
Jesus’ Two Ways
Healings and Miracles in the Ancient World
Miracles and Gullibility
Jewish Miracle Workers
Contrasts with Jesus’ Healings
Feeding Thousands
First-Century Jewish Etiquette
Tithing Bread
Exorcisms in Jewish Literature
Exorcisms of Jesus
Exorcisms by Others
Exorcisms after the New Testament
Festivals in First-Century Judaism
Jesus’ First Festival
Jesus at the Festival of Tabernacles
Water and Light at Tabernacles
Palm Sunday
Did Jesus Keep Passover?
The Timing of Passover in the Gospels
Evidence for Two Passovers
Jesus’ Passover Meal
Summary of the Course
Title: NT390 Jesus as Rabbi: The Jewish Context of the Life of Jesus
Instructor: Dr. David Instone-Brewer
Publisher: Lexham Press
Publication Date: 2016
Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
Courses: 1
Video Hours: 8
Dr. David Instone-Brewer graduated from South Wales Baptist College with the highest marks in that college’s history and later earned his PhD from Cambridge University, where he studied early rabbinic exegesis. Dr. Instone-Brewer ministered at the Llanishen Baptist Church in Cardiff for five years and is now research fellow and technical officer for Tyndale House, which is, arguably, among the three best libraries in the world for biblical studies.
Specializing in rabbinic studies, Dr. Instone-Brewer has been a regular contributor to Christianity magazine and has written several books, including Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament.