• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Did Paul remain Jewish after his transforming experience of the resurrected Jesus? Scholars disagree about how best to think about the nature of Paul’s Judaism after Jesus. There are several approaches. Kurt briefly outlines the traditional, new perspective, and Paul within Judaism approaches. GIVE THE SHOW …
Paul within Judaism with Mark Nanos | S1 E4 (EP-62)
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 4 (Spring Season, 2018) This conversation with Mark D. Nanos explores some of the broad themes of Paul within Judaism. How does it contrast with the New Perspective on Paul? What do they share in common? Why is it important for Paul to remain …
Was the Apostle Paul Jewish Before and After Jesus?
• 4 Minute Read There is a short answer to this: yes, clearly Paul was Jewish. Nothing we have in the historical record of any reliability would call this into question. Although he was from Tarsus (according to Acts), he was born to a Jewish family with a history of Pharisaism. Paul was Jewish before and …
The End Times in Paul and Others #1: Christ Returns during Paul’s Lifetime? (EP-19)
• < 1 Minute Read The end of the world. The end of the ages. The rapture. The Great 7 Year Tribulation. The Anti-Christ. The second coming. All of these themes come out of various versions of Christian theology. Some of them were embraced by Paul. Many of them would seem absurd to him. …
Freestyle Galatians 1.1-5 (EP-10)
• < 1 Minute Read In this ongoing series, Kurt walks through Paul’s letter to the Galatians chunk by chunk. This is a freestyle, which means that although it is informed by scholarship, it is mostly focused on diving into the text and processing it out loud. It is designed to be a resource …