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Jodi Magness · 2015
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What this book knows
Jesus was a first-century Jewish teacher whose words and deeds are only intelligible inside Second Temple Judaism's contested religious world.
faith-and-doubt
the historical Jesus emerges only when his proclamations are read against Jewish apocalyptic expectation and Torah debate
GCJI-RC-131the tension between Jesus's message of imminent divine kingdom and its non-arrival shaped early followers' renegotiation of belief
GCJI-RC-155obedience-and-authority
disputes over Sabbath observance and purity law place Jesus squarely within rabbinic-era arguments about who holds interpretive authority
GCJI-RC-141the Temple incident crystallises conflict over sacrificial economy and priestly power in Roman-period Jerusalem
GCJI-RC-173self-and-identity
Jesus's self-presentation as healer, exorcist, and teacher mirrors roles already familiar in Jewish charismatic tradition
GCJI-RC-145the titles applied to Jesus—Son of Man, Messiah, Lord—each carried distinct Jewish freight that his followers selectively inherited
GCJI-RC-181Illuminates
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