The Bible with and Without Jesus - DVD: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently (DVD) (ISBN-13: 9781791039561)

Scholars show how Jews and Christians read the same texts differently. The DVD features Amy-Jill Levine teaching The Bible With and Without Jesus in six engaging video sessions. This DVD, along with the participant and leader guides, is everything needed for an engaging study for your small group. All sessions are closed captioned. In this Bible study based on their book, The Bible With and Without Jesus, esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. Passages include the creation of the world, the role of Adam and Eve, the Suffering Servant of Isiah, the book of Jonah, and Psalm 22, whose words, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me," Jesus quotes as he dies on the cross. Comparing various interpretations - historical, literary, and theological - of each ancient text, Levine and Brettler offer deeper understandings of the original narratives and their many afterlives. They show how the text speaks to different generations under changed circumstances, illuminating the Bible's ongoing significance. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings; it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all readers.

Author: Marc Zvi Brettler, Amy-Jill Levine
ISBN-10: 1791039561
ISBN-13: 9781791039561
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2025
Format: DVD
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.60d