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Matthew Novenson: Multiplicity at the Birth of Christianity

My buddy and the New Testament scholar Matt Novenson is back on the podcast to tackle a bunch of Bible questions and topics from the Jesus De/Constructed group. It was a tour de force of the early Christian movements. In the conversation we discuss things like…

the major social /cultural context of Jesus

Rome’s relationship to Israel

the role of the Temple in Jewish life and how its destruction changed things

the historical Jesus and the many Gospels he inspired

what is Apocalyptic Judaism, the Kingdom of God, and Jesus’ own message

Did Jesus and his earliest followers think the world was…

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