In this episode, we sit down with Marc Brettler and Amy-Jill “AJ” Levine to discuss the Jewish faith, Rabbinic Literature, the New Testament, Christianity, Anti-Semitism, and more. How do Judaism and Christianity intersect? These two experts are certainly the people to enlighten us on this intriguing subject…

Marc is a biblical scholar and the Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor in Judaic Studies at Duke University. His research interests include a vast array of topics, including biblical metaphors, the Bible and gender, biblical historical texts, the book of Psalms, and the post-biblical reception of the Hebrew Bible. He is a co-founder of the website thetorah.com and the author of several books, including The Bible With and Without Jesus, which he co-authored with AJ.

AJ is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. She works in biblical studies – and is a well-known critic of antisemitic, sexist, and homophobic theologies. AJ is a self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt."

Dive in now to explore:

• What Rabbinic Literature is, and how it fits into Old and New Testament studies. 
• The captivating history of the Hebrew language.
• The difference between Rabbinic Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew. 
• How Christians and Jews understand their respective historical texts. 

You can learn more about Marc here, and AJ here!

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