Many Christians know that Jesus was a Jew, but they don't necessarily think much about this fact or grasp its significance. In this episode, Jen Rosner discusses the importance of recognizing that Jesus embraced his Jewish identity in his lifetime, and the implications of his Judaism for the church and for our understanding of the New Testament today. 
Show notes:
0:27 Encountering the New Testament as a Jew
3:07 Shelving Judaism (for a time)
7:54 Keeping Second-Temple Judaism alive
11:03 Straying from our roots
15:05 Paul's Torah observance
20:08 Jesus, Torah-observant Jew
21:32 Healed by the tzitzit on his garments 
23:39 Ritual purity and adding layers to the text
25:11 Jesus did not come to abolish the law
26:29 Jen's recommended reads
31:50 Pertaining to the land and Zionism

Show notes by Dominique LaCroix 
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