Sun 13 Jun 2010
Podcast 5.9: Jesus in the Context of Educated Groups and Leaders
Posted by Phil Harland. Categories: Historical Jesus , Judaism in the homeland , Podcast[3] Comments
In order to provide a context for Jesus in the role of a teacher, here I discuss contemporary educated Judean groups and leaders, including Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, and the Dead Sea sect. This is part of series 5 (The Historical Jesus in Context) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.
Podcast 5.9: Jesus in the Context of Educated Groups and Leaders (mp3; archive.org page with various downloading options here).
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June 14th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
[...] in Dr. Phil Harland‘s enjoyable series on Historical Jesus studies, this one entitled Jesus in the Context of Educated Groups and Leaders, in which he described Jesus’ affinity, but not necessarily his identification with, first [...]
June 15th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Is it fair to keep called Jesus a peasant? He had a skilled trade (probably carpentry), was a teacher of notable renown, was able to travel, etc
June 17th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Hello Sam,
The term peasant is used here more in terms of a broad class issue. In other words, in Galilee at least, you were either a wealthy aristocrat in the city or a peasant. Scholars often speak of the society as a peasant society. Being trained in farming or in carpentry didn’t really make much of a class difference. Being a peasant teacher (rather than, say, a priestly teacher) may have been part of what got Jesus into trouble.
Hope this helps to clarify.
Phil