#214 – Jesus: Jewish Messiah?
From Recovering Evangelicals by Luke Jeffrey Janssen
June 12, 2026 · 58 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the perception of Jesus as a Jewish Messiah by his contemporaries and the implications of this view.
The people reported as having walked and talked with Jesus in the first century all saw him primarily as a Jewish Messiah. Jesus and his disorganized, unarmed group of disciples re-imagined as a conquering hero leading an armed resistance against the Roman Empire [image created by Andrew … thanks Andrew!] One particular Christian tenet that […]
People in this episode
Host: Luke Jeffrey Janssen
Topics covered
- Jewish Messiah
- Jesus
- disciples
- Roman Empire
- Christianity
Keywords
- Jesus
- Jewish Messiah
- disciples
- Roman Empire
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Roman Empire
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