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Book: Judaism in Five Minutes

Chapter: Was Jesus Jewish?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.46865

Blurb:

All of our extant sources portray Jesus as a Jewish teacher. While Paul does not relay much information about the life of Jesus, the Gospel of Mark portrays Jesus as a Jewish apocalyptic prophet. Matthew emphasizes Jesus’s connection to Hebrew Bible prophecies of the expected Davidic Messiah, and Luke highlights Jesus’s familial background in Judaism as part of his demonstration of God’s fulfillment of his promises to Israel and extending them to all nations.

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