Jesus the Jew in History

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For centuries Jesus’ Jewish identity was ignored. To understand him and the movement that emerged after him it is essential to study him as a first century Jew. In this course we will engage scholarly research into the historical Jesus and the ancient Jewish context in which he lived. We will consider how he is presented in early Christian writings and analyze how his Jewishness was perceived in later Jewish and Christian thought. Finally, we will consider the important implications of this issue for Jewish-Christian relations.