A Jewish Look at Jesus Instructor: Stu Berman

 
CBI
Thursdays: 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
4 Sessions,  February 22, 29; March 7,28
 

There is much debate as to how Jewish Jesus was. Was he a Jewish reformer on the level with Hillel? Or was he a revolutionary, preaching a new theology, alien to mainstream Judaism? We hear Jesus quoted all the time, but do we know what he actually said?

 

What we do know is that the writers of the Gospels were very knowledgeable about the Jewish Bible and quoted it frequently. In our four sessions, we will look at one of the four Gospels each week and ask ourselves, is this really Jewish? We might also bring in some later material like the Letters of Paul to see how the message evolved. We welcome all opinions and backgrounds and let’s see if we can come to some of our own conclusions. We will use The Jewish Annotated New

Testament as a text, although most Christian Bibles will suffice.
 

There is no fee for this course; however, donations in support of Adult Education at CBI will be appreciated.