One BC: The World Jesus Entered
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Chris Huntley
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
What was the world like just before Jesus was born?
In this special Christmas Eve episode, we explore the political, cultural, and religious climate of 1st-century Palestine with world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Jodi Magness.
From Roman rule and Jewish life to messianic expectations, Dr. Magness helps us understand the historical backdrop that shaped the world Jesus entered.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to misquoting Jesus. Christmas is almost here, and today we're taking you back to the world just before Jesus was born, what was happening politically, culturally and religiously in first century Palestine, and how does that knowledge help us understand Jesus better? To help us explore the fascinating world of 1B.C., we're joined by Dr. Jody Magnus, a world-renowned |
| 0:22.6 | expert in ancient Judaism and archaeology. Hello. Hi, Jody. Everybody stay tuned for an |
| 0:28.6 | enlightening conversation about the historical backdrop of the Christmas story. Welcome to |
| 0:36.4 | misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. The only show, where a six-time New York Times |
| 0:41.6 | bestselling author and world-renowned Bible scholar, uncovers the many fascinating, little-known |
| 0:47.1 | facts about the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity. I'm your |
| 0:52.8 | host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin. Hello everybody. As always, |
| 0:58.3 | I'm Megan Lewis. And as we record this, Bart is on a cruise in Antarctica. It's all right for Sam. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm not jealous, even a little bit. His absence is definitely your gain, though, as I'm thrilled |
| 1:09.3 | to introduce Dr Jody Magnus, |
| 1:11.3 | an archaeologist and scholar who was an expert on the history and archaeology of ancient |
| 1:15.2 | Judaism, including the very world of first century Palestine. Jody, thank you for joining us today. |
| 1:21.7 | Thank you for having me. Absolutely. Can you help us, before we really get into it, |
| 1:26.6 | paint the picture of what first |
| 1:28.0 | century Palestine was like politically in the years leading up to Jesus' birth, who was in charge, |
| 1:33.9 | and how did the Roman occupation shape life in the region? Well, that's a really big question. |
| 1:40.0 | I bet you could fill an entire lecture series with that one. Actually, you could. So I'll try and encapsulate it for you, which is that I'm going to use BC and AD |
| 1:48.0 | just because most listeners will be more comfortable with that. |
| 1:51.0 | It's not a theological statement on my part. |
| 1:53.3 | We can talk about the terminology later. |
| 1:55.7 | Anyway, until the year 63 BC, oh, here we go again with terminology. |
| 2:04.0 | So I'm going to use the term ancient Palestine. |
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