Jesus, says New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine, “teaches like a Jew. He talks in parables…and Jesus is just a fabulous Jewish storyteller.” ...

This echoes the Jewish affirmation of Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–5) and the ethical core of Leviticus 19:18, underscoring Jesus’ alignment with Jewish tradition. V. Shavuot and the Spirit of the Torah ...

News Christians Are Studying Torah — In Israel And Online — To Get Closer To Jesus ‘As Christians, we believe in Jesus and that Jesus was a Jew’ ...

However, I did know that Jesus was Jewish, a startling fact I learned at age eight. One day, my paternal grandmother talked about numerous famous, talented Jews, both living and dead.

The Jesus character’s quoting of this well-known response was anything but innovative, it was a hat-tip to normative modes of Judaism. “God is not a man, nor the Son of Man” ...

Amy-Jill Levine, who teaches New Testament and Jewish studies at Vanderbilt, is the author of The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus and coeditor of The Jewish Annotated ...

In Matthew, Jesus is a proponent of Torah piety, just like the Pharisees. So, on the one hand, they follow the law in a way that makes them very good Jews. On the other hand ...

A cynic might point out that Jewish affinity Christians are often confused about what they view as “authentic” biblical Judaism. Jesus didn’t listen to klezmer or eat bagels.

COMMENTARY: In an age where antisemitism comes in many forms, Lent is a good time to reflect on the indisputable fact that Jesus of Nazareth was a son of the Jewish people.

Jewish Jesus Pencil Preaching for Friday, March 12, 2021. Spirituality. Pencil Preaching. by Pat Marrin. View Author Profile ... Matthew, the most Jewish of the four evangelists, ...