Jerusalem Perspective

16/10/2025

What does a mere sparrow have to teach about human and divine relationships? Check out this new JP article to find out: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/31282/.

09/10/2025

Beautiful new tribute to David Flusser by Rabbi Dr. Moshe Navon: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/31263/. Just published today. Also available for PDF download from the JP Bookstore.

05/09/2025

September 15th of this year will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of David Flusser’s death. Professor Serge Ruzer of the Hebrew University shares personal recollections in a forthcoming JP article.

16/07/2025

Now Published: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/30887/. Read or listen to a discussion about what happened when Jesus encountered Jairus' daughter.

09/07/2025

Coming Soon to JP: "Did Jesus Raise Jairus' Daughter from the Dead?" This forthcoming article asks what Jesus meant when he told the synagogue ruler, "Your daughter did not die, rather she sleeps." Stay tuned.

05/07/2025

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11/04/2025

This week a JP reader asked us a question about Jesus, the Lord's Supper, and the Passover Seder. We thought this question and our answer would be of interest to many readers, so we published our reply at this link: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/30338/. Check it out!

06/02/2025

Check out "Two Kinds of Love in the Story of the Paralyzed Man." This new article on JP examines the religious underpinnings behind Jesus' response to the paralyzed man and his impetuous friends as well as those of his critics who accused Jesus of speaking blasphemy. Read the article or listen to the Audio JP recording at this link: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/30025/.

08/11/2024

New Audio JP: “What’s Wrong with Contagious Purity? Debunking the Myth that Jesus Never Became Ritually Impure”: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/29371/

Jerusalem Perspective recently published a new article that re-examines Jesus’ attitude toward ritual purity. This new JP article challenges easy assumptions that Jesus had a negative view of, or was impervious to, ritual purity. Instead of allowing modern prejudices to distort our picture of Jesus and his relationship to Second Temple Judaism this article offers a new perspective on Jesus’ attitude toward ritual purity that places him firmly within his first-century Jewish context. It also discovers a spiritual depth to Jesus’ behavior that more simplistic views do not.

Newly released in Audio JP mp3 format you can listen now to “What’s Wrong with Contagious Purity? Debunking the Myth that Jesus Never Became Ritually Impure” (https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/29371/).

25/10/2024

Who or what is Beelzebul? To learn more check out this new article on JP: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/29561/

26/09/2024

LOY Update: Check out these two recently-published LOY segments on JP: Be Ready for the Son of Man (https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/29093/) and Unexpected Thief (https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/29422/). Enjoy!

06/09/2024

There's a popular perception that Jesus was immune to ritual impurity. Instead of contracting ritual purity from others he transferred his purity to them. A new JP article questions this view and offers a deeper understanding of Jesus' relationship to ritual purity. Check it out: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/29371/ .