The New Testament was written in Greek, but were its authors working from Hebrew originals? Our guest today, Dr. Brad Young, has written numerous works exploring the possibility that Hebrew ideas and Hebrew vocabulary lie behind the Greek text and that this Hebrew undertext is the key to understanding Jesus and the apostles. 

– Episode Chapters –

0:00 – Welcome to the Messiah Podcast with hosts Damian Eisner and Jacob Fronczak.
4:49 – Introduction to Dr. Brad Young. 
6:50 – The Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research is a network of scholars uncovering the original meanings of the gospel text.
13:22 – Does “faith in Jesus” cancel the need to understand the “faith of Jesus?”
17:00 – The origin story and inspiration behind a life of research and teaching
21:42 – Did Jesus/Yeshua speak in Hebrew or Aramaic?
25:40 – A few meaningful “Hebraisms.”
30:05 – Was the author of the Gospel of Luke Jewish?
36:53 – The purpose and intention behind authoring “The Newer Testament.”
40:04 – The process behind achieving the specific goal of understanding the Jewish context.
42:18 – Who was involved in creating the translation?
50:00 – Did the writers of the New Testament censor their words to keep from angering Rome?
54:38 – Why omit the trinitarian formula in the Great Commission of the Gospel of Matthew?
1:03:51 – What was Yeshua’s teaching regarding the kingdom? Did he teach an exclusively future kingdom, or is it here now in some way? What does the Lord’s Prayer have to teach us about this?
1:18:21 – Dr. Brad Young’s important future projects include updating a commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash.
1:30:00 – Is the desire to discover the Jewish Jesus and learn from his teaching still growing through all these years of advances in scholarship?
1:34:06 – Rapid Fire Round – It’s what the people want to know.

– Related Resources –

Brad Young – Gospel Research Foundation
http://bradyoung.org

Hebrew Heritage Bible Society
http://hebrewheritagebiblesociety.org/

Brad Young on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100056762292392

The Newer Testament and other books by Dr. Brad Young
https://www.bradyoung.org/index.php/brad-youngs-bookstore

Messiah Magazine: 
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First Fruits of Zion: 
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