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Documentary
Jodi Magness · 2015
Sequence ladder
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What this book knows
Jesus's teachings make fullest sense read inside Second Temple Judaism's competing sects, texts, and apocalyptic hopes.
faith-and-doubt
The purpose is not to authenticate the Gospel accounts but to illustrate how they fit within the context of early Judaism.
GCJI-RC-005The Essenes and Jesus's movement were influenced by apocalyptic expectations, believing the end of days was already underway.
GCJI-RC-004obedience-and-authority
According to ancient Judaism, there was no distinction between religion and politics—between the sacred and the profane—because Jewish life was governed by sacred law.
GCJI-RC-010Antiochus IV's decree rededicated the Temple to Zeus; Judaism was outlawed—a crime punishable by death.
GCJI-RC-047belonging
Because many northerners had intermarried with other peoples, they were not allowed to participate in worshipping the God of Israel in the Jerusalem Temple.
GCJI-RC-029Sectarian works describe the beliefs and practices of the sect that lived at Qumran and deposited the scrolls in the nearby caves.
GCJI-RC-074Illuminates
6 published passages · documentary · research analysis
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