Matthew 20:29–23:39 The Two Testaments

Matthew 20:29–23:39 with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine (Hartford International University for Religion and Peace) talks to us about Matthew 20:29–39. We discuss:
* Jesus' entry into Jerusalem
* the trilogy of parables
* the Pharisees
* suggestions for teaching Matthew 23 with sensitivity
Books by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
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* The Pharisees, ed. with Joseph Sievers. Eerdmans, 2021. 
* The Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. Abingdon, 2020.
* The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently, with Marc Zvi Brettler. HarperCollins, 2020. 
* Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. Abingdon, 2018.
* Jewish Annotated New Testament, ed. with Marc Zvi Brettler. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2017. 
* The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. HarperCollins, 2006. 
* A Feminist Companion to Matthew, ed. with Marianne Blickenstaff. Sheffield Academic, 2001.
This Week’s Blurb
In this episode, Amy-Jill Levine Recommends:
* spending time with family, knitting, and ballroom dancing.
Next Week 
Next week, we talk to Dr. Melissa Ramos (Portland Seminary) about Deuteronomy 27–30 (Covenant Renewal).Click here to meet our guides through Deuteronomy and Matthew. 
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