Jesus and Synagogue Disputes: A Historiographical Approach to the Institutional Setting of Luke - Jordan Ryan

Jordan Ryan of Wheaton College discusses the role of the synagogue in Second Temple-era Jewish life, drawing on recent archaeological evidence, and uses this information to interpret several biblical texts, including Jesus' disputes with synagogue leaders in the Gospel of Luke. Lecture delivered at SBL/AAR in San Antonio in Fall 2016.

No "Judaism" in Josephus - Daniel Boyarin

Jewish historian of religion Daniel Boyarin lectures on the subject of first-century Judaism and the Jewish historian Josephus.

Paul and the Jewish Tradition - Mark Nanos

A lecture in the subject of Jewish-Christian relations, placing the Apostle Paul in his Jewish context, by Dr. Mark Nanos, a Jewish scholar, lecturer at the University of Kansas, and author of numerous books on the Apostle Paul.

Teaching the Binding of Isaac: Balancing Bible and Midrash - Jon D Levenson

Dr. Jon D Levenson, Hebrew Bible scholar and professor of Jewish studies at Harvard, speaks about the story in Genesis 22 known as the Binding of Isaac, in which God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, with special attention to the difficulties of teaching this passage to college students, referencing both the Bible story and the Jewish traditions around the story.

The Anguish of Exile and the Joy of Jerusalem - Jon D Levenson

Dr. Jon D Levenson, Hebrew Bible scholar and professor of Jewish studies at Harvard, delivers a lecture on a controversial passage in the Psalms.

The Conversion of Abraham to Judaism Christianity and Islam - Jon D Levenson

Abraham is often described as the common father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the three traditions that venerate his memory. Noted Harvard Professor of Jewish Studies, Jon D. Levenson argues that Abraham both separates and links the surviving Abrahamic religious communities and does so in interesting ways.

Judaism: An Odd Sort of Religion of Laws - James Kugel

Jewish historian and Hebrew Bible scholar James Kugel delivers a lecture on how Judaism got to be the way it is, a religion centrally concerned with laws.