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The Limits of Rabbinic Authority in Antiquity
The limits of rabbinic authority in antiquity are critical to our discussion on the relationship between emerging Jewish and Christian identities. The rabbinic class undoubtedly had influence and even power, but it tempered by a number of factors that are important to...
The Conquest of Mexico as a model to understand Jewish and Christian Identity -Part 2
This is the second part of our discussion on the conquest of Mexico and the development of Mexican and Spanish identities and then applying it to the topic of Jewish and Christian identities. Checkout the latest podcast or at the following link:...
The Conquest of Mexico as a model to understand Jewish and Christian Identity
The conquest of Mexico at first glance has nothing to do with the subject of Jewish and Christian identity. However understanding the conquest and the narrative of that process provides us with an understanding of the complex evolution of identity which we can use to...
The Map to Understand the Relationship between Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity
This episode lays out the “map” that we will use to discover the complexity of the relationship between Jews and Christians in late antiquity. Check out the latest podcast: The Map or follow the link:...
Jesus Oriented Judaisms?
The third episode behinds the discussion on the intermediate groups that lay between Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. Karin Zetterhold designates some of these groups occupying the middle ground of identity as Jesus-oriented Judaisms. They undoubtedly saw...
The Relationship between Jews and Christians
We continue our discussion on the complex relationship between Jews and Christians in antiquity. In this episode we begin to raise fundamental questions regarding what does it mean when we talk about Jewishness. Check out the latest episode at the following link:...