Avi explains to Stephen how Jews went from the world of the talmud to spread through the world. The primary streams of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews are discussed along with the development of legal literature and scholarship and an equally important but separate mystical tradition.
Avi and Stephen are joined by biblical scholars Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler to talk about how Jews can benefit from reading the New Testament.
Find out more about the guests:
https://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/people/bio/amy-jill-levine
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/marc.brettler
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With Easter and Passover fast approaching Stephen and Avi discuss how they prepare for each holiday, the solemnity of Lent, the dark history of blood libels and how religions appropriate rituals from each other.