Josephus

Sean Freyne on Galilee, Jesus and Christology, Shaffer Lectures 2010

James Development of Christology, Early Jewish writings, Economic, Marxist Criticism, Geography, Hellenistic and Roman Judea, Historical and Literary Contexts, Historical Jesus, Jesus, Josephus, Life Teachings Acts, Methods and Approaches in Biblical Studies, Social Scientific Criticism, Video , ,

Sean Freyne’s Shaffer Lectures on Galilee, Jesus and Christology (2010) at Yale Divinity School are available on YouTube.

Lecture 1 (October 12, 2010): Galilee as Matrix for the Jesus Movement: Cultural and Socio-Economic Conditions

Lecture 2 (October 13, 2010): Locating Jesus in Galilee: Pitfalls and Challenges

Lecture 3 (October 14,  2010): Towards a Galilean Christology

J.D. Crossan’s UNI lecture on the historical Jesus (2000)

James Ancient Mediterranean, Early Jewish writings, Economic, Marxist Criticism, Hellenistic and Roman Judea, Historical and Literary Contexts, Historical Jesus, Ideological Criticisms, Jesus, Josephus, Life Teachings Acts, Methods and Approaches in Biblical Studies, Race, Postcolonial Criticism, Secondary, Social Scientific Criticism, Video ,

The video of this UNI lecture is available on YouTube and looks at ways of reconstructing the historical Jesus, including issues of social context, imperialism, and responses to imperialism.

Early Jewish Writings (Peter Kirby)

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Peter Kirby’s website Early Jewish Writings provides online translations and short commentary for many texts, including Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts, other early Jewish texts, Philo, Josephus, and the Talmud.

The online translations are, in the main, older and out-of-copyright (yet still very useful) renditions, and the website provides references for newer translations which are available offline.