Two New Testament scholars who specialise in Jewish law explore how Jesus interprets and applies the Mosaic law in the canonical gospels.
Jesus and Jewish Law
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Two New Testament scholars who specialise in Jewish law explore how Jesus interprets and applies the Mosaic law in the canonical gospels.
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July 21, 2025
7. Healing on the Sabbath
<p>Why did some Jews object to Jesus healing on the Sabbath? Was it because they were cold, hard legalists who cared about observing the law more than having compassion on others? And why did Jesus think it was permissible for him to heal people on the sabbath? In this episode, we explore various ancient Jewish views on the relationship between sabbath, healing, and preserving life, and we take a close look at Jesus' legal arguments for why he heals on the sabbath. </p><p><br></p><p>Primary Texts Referenced in this Episode: </p><ul><li>1 Maccabees 2:29-41: <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20macc%202%3A29-41&version=NRSVUE">https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20macc%202%3A29-41&version=NRSVUE</a></li><li>Josephus, Antiquities 3:281-82:<a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-3.html#EndNote_Ant_3.33a">https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-3.html#EndNote_Ant_3.33a</a></li><li>Josephus, Antiquities 12.274ff: <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-12.html">https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-12.html</a>]</li><li>Jewish War 2.147: <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/war-2.html">https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/war-2.html</a>]</li><li>Philo, Special Laws 2.39: <a href="https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book28.html">https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book28.html</a></li><li>Philo, On the Migration of Abraham 1.91: <a href="https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book16.html">https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book16.html</a></li><li>CD/Damascus Document 11:13:</li><li>4Q265/4QMiscellaneous Rules, Fragment 6, 5-8</li><li>11Q13/11QMelchizedek: <a href="https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/11QMelchizedek.pdf">https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/11QMelchizedek.pdf</a></li><li>Mishnah, Rosh ha-Shanah 1.9: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Rosh_Hashanah.1.9?lang=en">https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Rosh_Hashanah.1.9?lang=en</a></li><li>Mishnah, Yoma 8.5–7: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Yoma.8.5?lang=bi">https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Yoma.8.5?lang=bi</a></li><li>Mishnah, Shabbat 14:4: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Shabbat.14.4?lang=bi">https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Shabbat.14.4?lang=bi</a></li></ul><ul><li>Tosefta, Shabbat 14.3: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Tosefta_Shabbat.14.3?lang=en">https://www.sefaria.org/Tosefta_Shabbat.14.3?lang=en</a></li><li>Hippocrates, Aphorisms 7.47: <a href="https://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/aphorisms.7.vii.html">https://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/aphorisms.7.vii.html</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Articles Mentioned in this Episode:</p><ul><li>Logan A. Williams, 'Melchizedek, the Son of Man, and Eschatological Jubilee: The Sin-Forgiving Messiahs in 11QMelchizedek and Mark', JSNT 46 (2023): 1-41: <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0142064X231191176">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0142064X231191176</a></li><li>Aharon Shemesh, '"Piqquach Nefesh Docheh Shabbat": Piqquach nefesh u-dvarim acherim she-dochim et ha-shabbat', Tarbiz 80 (2012): 481-505: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23607975?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents </li></ul>
July 9, 2025
6. Did Jesus Ignore the Sabbath? The Controversy over Plucking Grains
<p>In all three synoptic gospels, Jesus' disciples are accused of transgression when they make their way through a field and pluck grains on the sabbath. What is the meaning of Jesus' defense? Does he think the sabbath doesn't matter anymore, or that the rules don't apply to him? In this episode, we investigate how, in Mark 2:23-28 and Matthew 12:1-8,Jesus establishes a complicated legal case to defend the disciples action.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Biblical Sabbath Texts Referenced in this Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Genesis 2.2-3</li><li>Exodus 16.4–5</li><li>Exodus 16.16–30 </li><li>Exodus 20.8-11</li><li>Exodus 34.21</li><li>Exodus 35.2-4</li><li>Leviticus 23:3</li></ul><ul><li>Leviticus 24:8</li><li>Numbers 15.28-35</li><li>Numbers 28:9-10</li><li>Jeremiah 17.22</li><li>Nehemiah 10.31</li><li>Nehemiah 13.15-21</li><li>Amos 8.4–5</li><li>Mark 15.42</li><li>Luke 23.54</li><li>John 7.22</li><li>John 19.31</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Primary Texts Referenced in this Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Jubilees 2.29: https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/2.htm </li><li>Jubilees 50: https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/50.htm</li><li>Philo, Life of Moses 2.22: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book25.html</li><li>Mishnah Shabbat 7.2: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Shabbat.7.2?lang=en</li><li>Mishnah Yoma 8.5–7: https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.8.5?lang=en</li><li>Mishnah Nega'im 7.5: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Negaim.7.5-8.1?lang=en</li><li>Mishnah, Nedarim 3.9: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Nedarim.3.9?lang=en</li><li>Mishnah, Nedarim 3.11: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Nedarim.3.11?lang=en</li><li>Talmud Yerushalmi, Nedarim 3.9.6: https://www.sefaria.org/Jerusalem_Talmud_Nedarim.3.9.6?lang=en</li><li>Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 132b9: https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.132b.9?lang=en</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Secondary Sources Referenced in this Episode: </strong></p><ul><li>Max Botner, 'Has Jesus Read What David Did? Probing Problems in Mark 2:25–26', Journal of Theological Studies (2018): https://academic.oup.com/jts/article-abstract/69/2/484/5088397?</li><li>Paul Sloan, Jesus and the Law of Moses (Baker, 2025): https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/jesus-and-the-law-of-moses/415310</li></ul>
April 28, 2025
Q&A #1: How did Jesus Interpret Sacrifices? And Other Questions
<p>In this episode, we respond to questions sent to us by our listeners!</p>
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