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Did Jesus Claim To Be God? Traditional and Messianic Jewish Scholars Discuss

Traditional Jewish scholar, Dr. Kenneth Hanson and Messianic Jewish scholar, Dr. David Rudolph participate in a discussion on whether Jesus claimed to be God and the impact these readings of the New Testament have on Messianic Judaism's relationship to the broader Jewish world. This discussion took place at the 2020 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting to interact with the ideas presented in Dr. Kenneth Hanson’s and Dr. Zev Garber’s book, Judaism and Jesus, a book analyzing the historical Jesus and Messianic Judaism. 00:00 - 1:54 - Introduction 1:54 - 21:04 - Dr. Kenneth Hanson 21:04 - 41:25 - Dr. David Rudolph 41:25 - 42:07 - Outro You can also listen on our podcast: https://anchor.fm/two-messianic-jews Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2MessianicJews/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2messianicjews/ Support links: SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/two-messianic-jews PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/2messianicjews Merch shop: https://teespring.com/stores/two-messianic-jews-merch Judaism and Jesus - https://www.amazon.com/Judaism-Jesus-Kenneth-Hanson-Garber/dp/1527555259 Dr. Kenneth Hanson is an associate professor in the University of Central Florida Judaic Studies Program. He earned a Ph.D. in Judaic Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, in 1991. He has since published five books, including Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 1997), Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years of Mystic Tradition (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 1998), Words of Light: Spiritual Wisdom from the Dead Sea Scrolls (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 2000), Secrets from the Lost Bible (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 2005), and Blood Kin of Jesus (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 2010). He has also published a number of scholarly articles focusing on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Judaism of late antiquity. His research was featured in the 2007 History Channel documentary, "Banned from the Bible II." Dr. Hanson continues to give public lectures in multiple venues. He teaches a wide range of Judaic Studies courses, including Jewish history and culture, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible. His YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rsGHGgB3IxUWqA7DPWVTQ/videos Dr. David Rudolph is the director of Messianic Jewish Studies and professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at The King’s University in Southlake, Texas. He earned his PhD in New Testament with a specialization in Pauline studies and Second Temple Judaism from Cambridge University. From 2008–2011, he served on the faculty of the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute (MJTI). Dr. Rudolph has published numerous books and articles on the New Testament, Second Temple Judaism, and Judeo-Christian relations. His publications include the Second Edition of A Jew to the Jews: Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, which won the Franz Delitzsch Prize from the Freie Theologische Hochschule in Germany, and Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial Context and Biblical Foundations (with Joel Willitts). Dr. Rudolph is currently working on the “Introduction to the Pauline Corpus” for The New Oxford Bible Commentary and several book projects related to post-supersessionism and Jewish continuity. He is also a Messianic Jewish rabbi and served for six years at Shulchan Adonai Messianic Synagogue in Annapolis, Maryland, and for four years at Tikvat Israel in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Rudolph's website is https://rabbidavid.net _________________________________ Music: https://www.bensound.com