Did Moses Point to Jesus?

In the time of Jesus, the five books of the Torah were generally attributed to Moses, and the Gospel writers consistently speak of “Moses” or “the Law” when drawing on those narratives. In this class, we explore that world on its own terms.

We’ll consider how the evangelists—and at times Jesus himself—speak as though Moses wrote things that pointed forward to Jesus, even though they do not specify what those things were. We will also look at how the public reading of the Law and the Prophets shaped synagogue life, including the ancient triennial cycle, and how that rhythm might illuminate the way Gospel authors portrayed Jesus’ ministry.

Finally, we’ll turn to the Gospel of John, where the narrator preserves two intriguing moments—perhaps the only explicit examples in the New Testament—of Jesus identifying a Mosaic story as foreshadowing his own role. These brief references lead us back to the central question of the session: Did Moses Point to Jesus?

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