What was it like to be a Jew in Jesus' day? | Real World of the Gospels, pt. 6

About this episode

This episode explores the key features of Jewish belief and practice in Jesus' day.

What was it like to be a Jew in Jesus' day? | Real World of the Gospels, pt. In this episode of the Bible in Life podcast, we wrap up our series on the real world of the gospels by exploring a few key features of Jewish belief and practice in Jesus' day. Their religious identity gave them a strong social identity. Things like circumcision, clean and unclean foods, and ritual purity marked them out as distinct. Not only that, but Jews in the first century knew their story was incomplete. They were longing and waiting for God to act and restore the fortunes of Israel. And in that context, along comes a young, upstart rabbi saying, "Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" Free 30 Page eBook to help you Hear and Heed the Bible: https://www.johnwhittaker.net Support this ministry: Set up a recurring monthly or a one-time donation at the link below. http://worldfamilymissions.org/john-whittaker/ The Listener’s Commentary - In-depth teaching through books of the Bible to help you learn the Bible for yourself: https://www.listenerscommentary.com Connect with John: Social Media- connect on facebook and instagram Email - john@johnwhittaker.net If you've been helped by this teaching…

People in this episode

Host: John Whittaker

Topics covered

• Jewish belief
• Jesus' day
• religious identity
• ritual purity
• kingdom of heaven

Keywords

• Jewish identity
• circumcision
• clean and unclean foods
• ritual purity
• kingdom of heaven

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Organizations: Bible in Life, worldfamilymissions.org, listenerscommentary.com

Places: Israel

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