LISTENING TO THE JEWISH JESUS
An exploration of Hebraic idioms and insights found in the teaching of Jesus our Messiah
The Jewishness of Jesus’s identity and character is increasingly acknowledged by modern Christians. But the Jewishness of the things He said can remain obscure, their meaning needing to be explained.
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‘Listening to the Jewish Jesus’ sheds fresh light on the Messiah's words for the modern reader, unravelling many of His teachings by putting them into their 1st-Century Jewish context.
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Out now in paperback, online and in Christian bookshops. Or listen to audio recordings of the chapters below for free.
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Get ready to be challenged and encounter the Lord in a whole new way!
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'Listening to the Jewish Jesus' (Malcolm Down Publishing Ltd) is out now, online and in Christian bookshops.
288 pages, ISBN: 978-1915046659
CRT
CHRISTIAN LIFE
BOOK OF THE YEAR
2024
SHORTLIST
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
Part One: A Rabbi and His Disciples
2. Like Father, Like Son (Matthew 4:18-22)
3. By Whose Authority? (Matthew 21:23)
4. No Excuses! (Luke 9:57-62)
5. It’s All Relative (Luke 14:26)
6. Betrayal! (Matthew 26:20-25, John 18:17, 25)
7. What’s in a Name? (Matthew 16:17-19)
8. Two or Three? (Matthew 18:15-20)
9. All the Sevens, Seventy-Seven (Matthew 18:21-35)
Part Two: Sermons and Stories
10. The Law is an Asset (Matthew 5:17-20)
11. Eye, Eye (Matthew 5:29, 38, 6:22-23, 7:3-5)
12. The Show Mustn’t Go On (Matthew 5:3-12, 6:1-18, 7:6)
13. Dig Deep (Matthew 7:24-27)
14. Dig Deeper (Matthew ch. 13)
Part Three: Clues and Hints
15. The Yoke’s On Me (Matthew 11:28-30)
16. The Green Tree (Luke 23:31)
17. The Temple, The Temple, The Temple! (Mark 11:17, Matthew 21:13, Luke 19:46)
18. Breakthrough! (Matthew 11:12)
19. The Son and The Stone ( Matthew 21:33-46, Mark 12:1-12, Luke 20:9-19)
20. Give Us a Clue
Part Four: Other Puzzling Passages
21. A Distressing Baptism (Luke 12:50)
22. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Fox? (Luke 13:32)
23. Telling the Truth
24. Swords and Ears (Luke 22:47-51, John 15:1, Luke 9:44)
25. How Near and How Wise (Matthew 4:17, 11:2-19, 24:32-33)
26. Remember Me (Luke 6:22, 9:29, 51, 23:42)
27. And Finally...
Part One: A Rabbi and His Disciples
Part Two: Sermons and Stories
Part Three: Clues and Hints
Part Four: Other Puzzling Passages
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This series is based upon years of study and hundreds of hours of sharing its material in various small groups and other larger settings. When compiling the original lessons, I drew extensively from several sources, including Brad Young, David Biven, Lois Tverberg and Kenneth Bailey. I gratefully acknowledge these and others who have enlightened me in the past. The pioneering research and expertise of those who developed such studies on the Jewish Jesus has been inspirational; any errors in this series are entirely due to my own misunderstandings.
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