{"id":12943,"date":"2024-02-15T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=12943"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:03:50","slug":"a-jewish-paul-restoring-the-apostle-paul-to-his-roots","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/ar\/etn\/a-jewish-paul-restoring-the-apostle-paul-to-his-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"A Jewish Paul: Restoring the Apostle Paul to His Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did Paul break from Judaism to start a new religion called Christianity? For most readers through history, the answer to this question is a resounding\u00a0<em>Yes<\/em>! But a careful reading of his letters in their historical context demonstrates the thoroughgoing Jewishness of this oft-misunderstood ancient Jew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Center for Christian<\/em>&#8211;<em>Jewish Learning<\/em> at <em>Boston Colleg<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew Thiessen<\/strong> (PhD, Duke University) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University. He studies the origins of Christianity within ancient Judaism. He is the author of numerous books, including&nbsp;<em>A Jewish Paul: The Messiah&#8217;s Herald to the Gentiles,&nbsp;Paul and the Gentile Problem<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Jesus and the Forces of Death<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity<\/em>, which was awarded the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bccte.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_9iPoMeORTLy71ehHyfyRcw\">Zoom Registration<\/a> (This is a hybrid event.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Paul break from Judaism to start a new religion called Christianity? For most readers through history, the answer to this question is a resounding\u00a0Yes! But a careful reading of his letters in their historical context demonstrates the thoroughgoing Jewishness of this oft-misunderstood ancient Jew. Center for Christian&#8211;Jewish Learning at Boston College Matthew Thiessen (PhD, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/ar\/etn\/a-jewish-paul-restoring-the-apostle-paul-to-his-roots\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Jewish Paul: Restoring the Apostle Paul to His Roots<\/span> \u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12956,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"etn_category":[744],"etn_tags":[],"class_list":["post-12943","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-interreligious-events-online"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Jewish Paul: Restoring the Apostle Paul to His Roots - \u0645\u0631\u0643\u0632 \u0631\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0646\u062c \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0644\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0627\u0631<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/ar\/etn\/a-jewish-paul-restoring-the-apostle-paul-to-his-roots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Jewish Paul: Restoring the Apostle Paul to His Roots - \u0645\u0631\u0643\u0632 \u0631\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0646\u062c \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0644\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0627\u0631\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Did Paul break from Judaism to start a new religion called Christianity? 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