The First Commandment: Deuteronomy in the Gospels

Professor

COURSE PREVIEW

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Book of Deuteronomy is in many ways the most important book within the Torah of Moses. It is one of three books (together with Psalms and Isaiah) most quoted by New Testament authors. It is also one of the three books found in the Dead Sea Scroll collection in Qumran with the greatest number of individual copies. Together with Prof. Pinchas Shir you will discover never before noticed insights of how the Book of Deuteronomy deals with a number of important New Testament topics and texts.

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Together with other students, you will clarify the relationships between 10 commandments and other (603 remaining) commandments. You will discover how Biblical witnesses work within the structure of this most important for Jewish life book, especially what it has to do with two or three Christ-followers coming together (among other things). Most importantly you will make a significant progress in grasping how to think as an Ancient Hebrew, which is crucial for understanding the original messages of both Deuteronomy and the New Testament.

Course Features

Sessions 16
Duration 6 h 40 mins
Language English

- Lecture1.1
  Wilderness Testing
- Lecture1.2
  The First Test
- Lecture1.3
  The Second Test
- Lecture1.4
  The Third Test
- Lecture1.5
  Words in the Wilderness
- Lecture1.6
  What is Shema?
- Lecture1.7
  Jesus And The Shema (part 1)
- Lecture1.8
  Jesus And The Shema (part 2)
- Lecture1.9
  Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy
- Lecture1.10
  Commandments as Categories
- Lecture1.11
  10 Vs. 613
- Lecture1.12
  Jesus and Ten Commandments
- Lecture1.13
  Two Witnesses in Torah
- Lecture1.14
  The Witness of Commandments
- Lecture1.15
  Two or Three in the Gospels
- Lecture2.16
  Lecture Notes for the Course

Pinchas Shir

Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures

Pinchas Shir, Israel Bible Center’s Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures, is nearing the completion of his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Religion at Groningen University in the Netherlands. His academic interests focus on ancient dining culture, culinary contexts of the Second Temple period, and particularly on the table interactions between Jews and Gentiles in antiquity. In addition, Pinchas is keenly interested in the archaeology of Ancient Israel and the Mediterranean.

Currently residing in North America, Assoc. Professor Shir lectures internationally and maintains a strong online presence where all can hear his teachings.

- Lecture1.1
  Wilderness Testing
- Lecture1.2
  The First Test
- Lecture1.3
  The Second Test
- Lecture1.4
  The Third Test
- Lecture1.5
  Words in the Wilderness
- Lecture1.6
  What is Shema?
- Lecture1.7
  Jesus And The Shema (part 1)
- Lecture1.8
  Jesus And The Shema (part 2)
- Lecture1.9
  Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy
- Lecture1.10
  Commandments as Categories
- Lecture1.11
  10 Vs. 613
- Lecture1.12
  Jesus and Ten Commandments
- Lecture1.13
  Two Witnesses in Torah
- Lecture1.14
  The Witness of Commandments
- Lecture1.15
  Two or Three in the Gospels
- Lecture2.16
  Lecture Notes for the Course