The Stories of Jewish Christ: Jewish Gospels

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COURSE PREVIEW

COURSE DESCRIPTION

To read the New Testament as a Jewish text one must be familiar with the techniques of Jewish literary traditions. This mini-course challenges students to consider the New Testament as a text communicating genuinely Jewish thoughts and ideas using Jewish linguistic expressions.

Consider the thought-language of the gospels in light of Hebraisms and Aramaisms. Explore the Jewish mystical and apocalyptic ideas of the Second Temple era as a foundation of diverse Jewish thought about God’s nature. Trace the New Testament ideas about God’s abode and Messiah that predate the first century. Enroll now to continue this exciting journey!

Course Features

Sessions 18
Duration 6h 16mins
Language English

- Lecture1.1
  Why Jewish Gospels?
- Lecture1.2
  Obviously Jewish Matthew
- Lecture1.3
  Curiously Jewish Mark
- Lecture1.4
  Thoroughly Jewish John
- Lecture1.5
  Could Luke be Jewish?
- Lecture1.6
  Hebraisms in the Judeo-Greek Gospels
- Lecture1.7
  Nominal and Etymological Hebraisms
- Lecture1.8
  Literary Hebraisms
- Lecture1.9
  Grammatical Hebraisms
- Lecture1.10
  Idiomatic Hebraisms
- Lecture1.11
  Greek Logos and Aramaic Memra (part 1)
- Lecture1.12
  Greek Logos and Aramaic Memra (part 2)
- Lecture1.13
  Son of Man in Daniel and 1st Enoch
- Lecture1.14
  Son of Man in the 4th Ezra
- Lecture1.15
  Metatron in 3rd Enoch
- Lecture1.16
  Merkavah Throne in Ezekiel and Daniel
- Lecture1.17
  Qumran’s Council of gods and Merkavah
- Lecture1.18
  The Rabbis and Two Powers in Heaven

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg

Professor of Ancient Cultures and Head of School

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center, is an expert Israeli scholar in Biblical Studies and early Christianity, with copious Jewish and Christian religious and secular education. In addition to his expertise in ancient languages (Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Syriac, and Old Church Slavonic), Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is fluent in the modern languages of English, Russian, and Hebrew.

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has a great passion for building bridges of trust, respect, and understanding between Christians and Jews to overcome centuries of difficult but fully entwined history. He strongly believes that the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament has much to teach to both communities of faith, which he works to promote while residing in Israel with his wife and children.

Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has earned the following academic credentials, in addition to continuing his research through extended study:

M.Div, Christian Theology: Reformed Theological Seminary (2000)
M. Phil, Biblical Interpretation (2008)
Ph.D., Ancient Cultures: Stellenbosch University (2011)

Extended doctoral and postdoctoral studies:

University of Pennsylvania
Leiden University
Princeton Theological Seminary
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

- Lecture1.1
  Why Jewish Gospels?
- Lecture1.2
  Obviously Jewish Matthew
- Lecture1.3
  Curiously Jewish Mark
- Lecture1.4
  Thoroughly Jewish John
- Lecture1.5
  Could Luke be Jewish?
- Lecture1.6
  Hebraisms in the Judeo-Greek Gospels
- Lecture1.7
  Nominal and Etymological Hebraisms
- Lecture1.8
  Literary Hebraisms
- Lecture1.9
  Grammatical Hebraisms
- Lecture1.10
  Idiomatic Hebraisms
- Lecture1.11
  Greek Logos and Aramaic Memra (part 1)
- Lecture1.12
  Greek Logos and Aramaic Memra (part 2)
- Lecture1.13
  Son of Man in Daniel and 1st Enoch
- Lecture1.14
  Son of Man in the 4th Ezra
- Lecture1.15
  Metatron in 3rd Enoch
- Lecture1.16
  Merkavah Throne in Ezekiel and Daniel
- Lecture1.17
  Qumran’s Council of gods and Merkavah
- Lecture1.18
  The Rabbis and Two Powers in Heaven