Intersecting Faiths: Exploring Judaism, Christianity, And More With Expert Biblical Scholars
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Marc Brettler and Amy-Jill "AJ" Levine to discuss the Jewish faith, Rabbinic Literature, the New Testament, Christianity, Anti-Semitism, and more. How do Judaism and Christianity intersect? These two experts are certainly the people to enlighten us on this intriguing subject…
Marc is a biblical scholar and the Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor in Judaic Studies at Duke University. His research interests include a vast array of topics, including biblical metaphors, the Bible and gender, biblical historical texts, the book of Psalms, and the post-biblical reception of the Hebrew Bible. He is a co-founder of the website thetorah.com and the author of several books, including The Bible With and Without Jesus, which he co-authored with AJ.
AJ is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. She works in biblical studies – and is a well-known critic of antisemitic, sexist, and homophobic theologies. AJ is a self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt."
Dive in now to explore:
- What Rabbinic Literature is, and how it fits into Old and New Testament studies.
- The captivating history of the Hebrew language.
- The difference between Rabbinic Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew.
- How Christians and Jews understand their respective historical texts.
You can learn more about Marc here, and AJ here!
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| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Fighting Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have two great guests today. Mark Breitler is a member of the |
| 0:44.4 | American Academy for Jewish Research and the Council of the Society of |
| 0:47.9 | biblical Literature. He's the Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished |
| 0:51.1 | Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Duke University. |
| 0:55.1 | He's also the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Near Eastern and |
| 1:01.4 | Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. |
| 1:03.2 | He's also taught at Yale University, Brown University, Wellesley College, and Middlebury College. |
| 1:08.4 | He's also taught in various adult Jewish education settings including Wexner Heritage Program, the innovative |
| 1:14.3 | Meah program in Boston, and he served as scholar in residence for the foundation of |
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