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This four-course bundle takes a closer look at the Jesus of the New Testament. In NT390 Jesus as Rabbi, you’ll explore the words of Christ through the context of his conversations with other Jews, and compare them to rabbinical teaching of the first century. In NT201 The Cultural World of the New Testament you’ll examine the environment of early Christians as they broke the rules of society for the sake of the gospel. In NT252 Parables of Jesus you’ll learn how to interpret the parables of Jesus, taking into account their images, themes, and applications for modern readers. And in NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders you’ll focus on what extrabiblical sources say about Jesus, what they reveal about the life of Christ, and how Jesus was perceived by early non-Christian witnesses.
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Courses: 4
Video Hours: 21
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NT390 Jesus as Rabbi: The Jewish Context of the Life of Jesus
Instructor: David Instone-Brewer
Publication Date: 2016
Video Hours: 8
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.
Contents:
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: The Rabbis
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
Unit 2: Rabbinic Literature
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
Unit 3: Jesus in the Talmud
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
Unit 4: Jesus’ Halakic Teaching
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
Unit 5: Jesus’ Commandments
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
Unit 6: Jesus’ Haggadic Teaching
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
Unit 7: Jesus’ Jewish Prayers
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
Unit 8: Sin and Salvation
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
Unit 9: Jesus’ Miracles & Exorcisms
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
Unit 10: Jesus’ Festival Visits
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
Conclusion
Summary of the Course
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.
NT201 The Cultural World of the New Testament
Instructor: David A. deSilva
Publication Date: 2015
Video Hours: 6
Join Dr. David deSilva as he describes important cultural concepts from the first century and shows how these concepts shed light on the New Testament. Learn why the author of 1 Peter spoke to the shame Christians were experiencing, and what cultural norms they had to fight against as they sought to follow Christ. Discover how grace and gratitude were viewed differently than they are today. Learn what purity meant for Jews, how patronage and reciprocity impacted everyday decisions, how families and households operated, and more. Dr. deSilva pulls from a variety of sources to explain these concepts and uses the books of Hebrews and 1 Peter to illustrate them.
This course will give you a better understanding of the environment early Christians were in as they broke the rules of society for the sake of the gospel.
Contents:
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: Honor and Shame
Introduction to Culture
Honor, Shame, and Social Control
Honor and Shame in Complex Cultures
Competing for Honor
Unit 2: Honor and Shame: 1 Peter
The Experience of Shame
Consider the Source
Who’s on Trial Here?
Reinterpreting Experiences of Shame (Part 1)
Reinterpreting Experiences of Shame (Part 2)
Defending Your Honor
Using a Historical Background Collection
Honored in God’s Sight
The Social Matrix of Perseverance
Embodying 1 Peter
Unit 3: Patronage and Reciprocity
Patrons, Clients, and Brokers
The Social Context of Grace
Running a Louw-Nida Search on Charis
Graceful Giving
Graceful Receiving and Expression of Gratitude
An Example from the Life of Jesus
Unit 4: Patronage and Reciprocity: Hebrews
God as Patron
Jesus as Patron and Mediator
The Letter to the Hebrews and Its Audience
Summons to Grateful Response
Warnings against Ingratitude (Part 1)
Warnings against Ingratitude (Part 2)
Cultural Awareness and Solving Theological Problems
Unit 5: Family and Household
Establishing Kinship
Kinship Ethics
The Household of the Classical World
Women in the Household
Studying Sirach on the Silent Wife
Children
Analyzing Parentage and Honor (John 8:31–41)
Slaves
Reconfiguring Kinship
Searching for the Cultural Concept of Kinship
Unit 6: Family and Household: 1 Peter
New Birth into a New Family
Ethical Implications of the New Birth
Advice for Christians in Natural Households: Wives
Advice for Christians in Natural Households: Husbands
Advice for Christians in Natural Households: Slaves
Unit 7: Purity and Pollution
Basic Concepts
Clean, Unclean, Common, and Holy
Early Judaism’s Purity Maps (Part 1)
Investigating Herod's Temple
Early Judaism’s Purity Maps (Part 2)
What Makes Purity Codes Meaningful?
Levels of Concern for Purity
Unit 8: Purity and Pollution: Hebrews
Purity Regulations in a Pauline Church
Purity and New Group Boundaries
Rewriting Maps of Sacred Space and Personnel
Jesus’ Death as Consecration
Reexamining Purity Lines Today
Building a Sermon on Defilement (Mark 7:20–23)
Conclusion
Authentic Hearing, Authentic Following
Dr. David A. deSilva is the trustees’ distinguished professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio, where he’s taught since 1995. He’s written over 20 books in the areas of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism and is a leading expert on the cultural world of the New Testament.
NT252 Parables of Jesus
Instructor: Daniel M. Doriani
Publication Date: 2015
Video Hours: 6
The parables of Jesus are colorful, startling, and often confusing. In this course, Dr. Dan Doriani explains this unique narrative type and walks you through proper interpretation of the parables, examining their images, themes, and applications for modern readers.
Contents:
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker
Unit 1: The Purpose of Parables
The Nature of Parables
Searching for Parables in the New Testament with Search Fields
A Modern-Day Parable
How Parables Work
The Development of Jesus’ Teaching
Using a Custom Guide to View Translations of Parabolē
Unit 2: Parables Describing the Kingdom of God
The Parable of the Sower: A Paradigm
The Parable of the Sower: Its Meaning
Opposition and Growth in the Kingdom of God
Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Find Different Referents of a Word
The Value of the Kingdom of God
Understanding Jesus’ Parables in Matthew 13
Unit 3: Parables about Life in the Kingdom of God
Greatness in the Kingdom
Studying the Kingdom with the Bible Word Study Guide
Living in the Kingdom: Confrontation and Forgiveness
Living in the Kingdom: Mercy
Living in the Kingdom: Grace
The Unfairness of Grace
Jesus’ Gracious Call to the Kingdom
Unit 4: Parables of Confrontation
Symbolic Acts and Words
Taking Away the Kingdom of God
Unit 5: Parables of Instruction about the Future
The Destruction of the Temple
The Return of Jesus
Creating and Searching Custom Theological Collections
Unit 6: Parables of Discipleship
Loving Your Neighbor
Comparing Parable Accounts with Gospel Harmonies
Becoming a “Neighbor”
Jesus’ Role in the Parable of the Good Samaritan
A Parable about Prayer
Being Confident in Prayer
Using Sympathetic Highlighting to Identify and Search Greek Forms
Prayer and the Unjust Judge
A Parable about Money
Storing Up Riches on Earth
Being Rich toward God
A Parable about Two Monks
Lessons from the Parable about Two Monks
The Parable of the Unjust Steward
A Proper Perspective on Money
Using the Power Lookup Tool to Find Lexical Entries on “Mammon”
Parables about Friendship and Association
Invitation to the Kingdom of God
Membership in the Kingdom of God
The Cost of Discipleship
Rejoicing When the Lost Are Found
The Parable of the Lost Sons
Using the Cited By Tool to Look Up Background Information
The Welcoming Father and the Older Son
Finding Ourselves in the Parable of the Lost Sons
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Unit 7: Parables of Repentance
The Power of Parables
The Theme of Repentance in Luke’s Gospel
Finding Different Greek Words Used for “Repent”
Repent While There Is Time
A Change of Heart
Conclusion
Living Jesus’ Stories
Dr. Daniel M. Doriani (STM, PhD) is vice president of strategic academic projects and professor of theology at Covenant Seminary. He is the author of several books, including Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible and commentaries on Matthew and 1 Peter in the Reformed Expository Commentaries series.
NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders
Instructor: Craig A. Evans
Publication Date: 2015
Video Hours: 1
In this course, Dr. Craig Evans explores various ancient sources that refer to Christ. He focuses on the evidence from extrabiblical sources, and looks at what they reveal about the life of Christ and how Jesus was perceived by early non-Christian witnesses. He examines references to Jesus in Roman, Jewish, and other writings, and looks at where Jesus’ name was invoked in both Christian and pagan charms and incantations.
Contents:
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: The Witness of Roman Writers
Tacitus and Suetonius
Pliny the Younger
Celsus and Lucian
Using Clippings to Document Ancient Non-Christian Witnesses to Christ
Mara bar Serapion
Unit 2: The Witness of Jewish Writers
Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities
Using Timelines in Logos to Find Events in Jesus’ Life
Translations of Josephus and Rabbinic Literature
The Qur’an and Other Writings
Building and Searching a Collection of Ancient Non-Christian Witnesses to Christ
Unit 3: Invocations of the Name of Jesus
The Greek Magical Papyrus
Silver Phylactery from Beirut
Magic Bowls
Curse Tablets and Lamellae
The “Jesus Cup”
Conclusion
Relevance of These Witnesses
Dr. Craig A. Evans received his PhD in New Testament from Claremont Graduate University and his DHabil from the Karoli Gaspar Reformed University in Budapest. He is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University in Texas.
Evans taught at Trinity Western University in British Columbia for 21 years, where he directed the graduate program in biblical studies and founded the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. He has recently served on the advisory board for the Gospel of Judas for National Geographic Society and has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs.
Evans has written and edited extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. His published works include From Prophecy to Testament, Jesus and the Ossuaries, Jesus: The Final Days, and Dictionary of New Testament Background.