The world that produced the Gospels
First-century Judea, painted vividly: pilgrimage, synagogue and school, Roman politics, and the messianic hopes of those “looking for the consolation of Israel.”
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“They said unto Him, Rabbi, which means Teacher —
where do you live?”
About the book
Translated by Vasily Chernov, with Vladimir Chernov, from the original Russian text.
About the author
Archpriest Leonid Grilikhes (b. 1961) is a biblical scholar and a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). He has taught at the Moscow Theological Academy, St. Tikhon's Orthodox University, and Lomonosov State University. The author of numerous works on Scripture and patristics, he currently serves at the Church of St. Job the Long-Suffering in Brussels.
Inside the book
First-century Judea, painted vividly: pilgrimage, synagogue and school, Roman politics, and the messianic hopes of those “looking for the consolation of Israel.”
In the Hebrew word bayit — house, household, school — Grilikhes shows how Jesus' community would have been recognizable as a school to those who first encountered it, and how the disciples themselves became “living books” of his teaching.
Where Jesus aligns with Hillel against Shammai, where he stands apart from both, and where he shakes the two pillars of Second Temple Judaism — the absolute authority of the Torah and the unconditional election of Israel.
Grilikhes draws the reader close to the people Jesus actually met — the leper, the tax collector, the Samaritan woman, the fisherman by the lake. The Gospels open up when you know who else is standing in the room.
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