Strangers in Jerusalem Podcast

8- Gentile vs Jewish Followers of Jesus | What are the Gospels Part 4 of 6

In this video, we continue the discussion on the major factors that influenced how the Gospels were written. We explore the tension in the early Church in the few decades after Jesus died. We look at the Gentile-Inclusive faction vs the Jewish-Exclusive faction of the Jesus movement.

Trevan Hatch's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGQJ6JM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 

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7- How First-Century Conflict Influenced the Gospels | What are the Gospels Part 3 of 6

In this video, Dr. Trevan Hatch explores how conflict between Jews and Romans, and also conflict among Jews themselves, influenced how the Gospels were written. The authors of the Gospels were writing in the time period AFTER the destruction of the Temple when Judaism was tiring to reinvent itself. This period was hostile to the early Christians, and especially the early Christians who were Jews.

 

For a more detailed treatment of this and many other issues on the Jewish context of Jesus and the Gospels, see Dr. Hatch's book, A Stranger in Jerusalem: Seeing Jesus as a Jew https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Jerusalem-Seeing-Jesus-Jew/dp/1532646704/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IKSTKS61D5MW&dchild=1&keywords=trevan+hatch&qid=1616776378&sprefix=trevan+%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1 

 

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6- The Gospels: History or Fiction?: What are the Gospels? Part 2 of 6

In this video, Dr. Trevan Hatch briefly tackles the question of whether the Gospels are historical texts or fictional texts. Obviously, we have no way to prove whether a certain saying or deed in the Gospels is completely historical, but this video provides a few things to ponder on the question.

 

To view this episode with visual in YouTube: https://youtu.be/EFxp4CrPZMA 

5 - The Gospels: What are They and When Where They Written?- What are the Gospels? Part 1

In this video, I talk briefly about when the Gospels were written, what type of ancient text the Gospels are, and what the authors of the Gospels were trying to accomplish when they wrote their Gospels.

YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/RitXk9xZFwU 

For a more detailed treatment of this and many other issues on the Jewish context of Jesus and the Gospels, see Dr. Hatch's book, A Stranger in Jerusalem: Seeing Jesus as a Jew https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGQJ6JM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 

 

4- The Crime of Being "King of the Jews"- Jesus as a Messiah Part 3 of 3

Dr Trevan Hatch explains how Jesus’ experience compared to Jewish messianic expectations in the centuries immediately preceding and succeeding his birth? Did Jesus’ “lukewarm” followers see him as the “anointed one”? Did his closest disciples uniformly recognize him as the messiah? If so, did they refer to him as such? These questions are difficult to answer because the primary sources about Jesus were written forty to seventy years after his death. While the Gospels retain some authentic material about the Jesus of history, they also present a “CliffsNotes” version of his ministry—a brief, carefully crafted, idealized presentation of Jesus’ deeds and sayings. By the time the Gospels’ writers were putting pen to paper, so to speak, they had already established in their minds that Jesus was, indeed, the messiah, and their written accounts were an attempt to demonstrate his messiahship to others. What we do not have are firsthand accounts from Jews who witnessed some of Jesus’ ministrations and heard at least a few of his sermons. Nevertheless, the Gospels do provide useful material to help situate Jesus within the tumultuous messianic milieu of the first century CE.

For more depth on this topic, see Trevan Hatch's book, A Stranger in Jerusalem: Seeing Jesus as a Jew at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGQJ6JM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 

To get this episode with visuals on YouTube see: 

https://youtu.be/zKfLppeJuI4

3- "Messiah" in the First Century- Jesus as a Messiah Part 2 of 3

In this episode (part 2 of 3 in the messiah series), Dr. Trevan Hatch explains what many Jews at the time of Jesus thought about the messiah and shows what Jewish literature in the first centuries BCE and CE said about the messiah. That messianic expectations did not include a suffering, dying messiah is crucial to understanding the events immediately following Jesus’ death. One must remember that not all Jews held a normative set of beliefs about the messiah’s divine status—whether he would be divine or mortal—nor did all Jews uniformly expect the messiah to accomplish a specific set of tasks. As we have seen, the various Jewish texts predating Jesus posited a wide variety of messianic expectations and ideas about the divine status of a future messiah. Beliefs and notions about the messiah common in early Jewish literature are as follows:

 He would be a preexistent figure with some divine qualities.

 All people would worship him.

 He would be a king.

 He would reestablish the Davidic dynasty.

 His kingdom would be everlasting.

 He would have authority over all nations.

 He would lead Israel.

 He would judge the wicked and overthrow Israel’s foreign enemies.

 He would be associated with righteousness.

 He would heal the sick, restore sight to the blind, and raise the dead

 For more depth on this topic, see Trevan Hatch's book, A Stranger in Jerusalem: Seeing Jesus as a Jew at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGQJ6JM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

 To see this episode with visuals on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/b-4ccSwJQws

2- Origins of "Messiah": Jesus as a Messiah Part 1 of 3

In this episode and the other two episodes in this messiah series, Dr. Trevan Hatch discusses Jesus and the Gospels within a messianic context.

We begin in this episode by discussing the origins of the term "messiah" and related terms. In the next two episodes, we will situate Jesus' generation and Jesus himself within that messianic context.

For more depth on this topic, see Trevan Hatch's book, A Stranger in Jerusalem: Seeing Jesus as a Jew at https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Jerusalem-Seeing-Jesus-Jew/dp/1532646704/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IKSTKS61D5MW&dchild=1&keywords=trevan+hatch&qid=1616776378&sprefix=trevan+%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1

To view this episode with visuals on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/tLabxsc6ciI

1- Introduction to Strangers in Jerusalem

Hi everybody, I'm Dr. Trevan Hatch.

In this podcast, I explore the Jewish context of the New Testament (especially the Gospels) and the Jesus traditions. I look at the Jewish elements in Jesus' teachings, how the authors of the Gospels utilized the Hebrew Scriptures as they composed their Gospels, what early Jews thought about a "messiah," and a host of other aspects of Jesus' Jewish world. I plan to post at least one new episode every week.

For more depth on the material in this podcast, see my book, A Stranger in Jerusalem: Seeing Jesus as a Jew at https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Jerusalem-Seeing-Jesus-Jew/dp/1532646704/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IKSTKS61D5MW&dchild=1&keywords=trevan+hatch&qid=1616776378&sprefix=trevan+%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1