The Jewish Origins of Christianity
Teaching on DVD by Raymond Robert Fischer

This course demostrates the pervasive Jewish Roots of Christianity both historically, biblically, and as evidenced in the New Testament apocrypha and Dead Sea Scrolls.

This 16 unit DVD version of the regular 4 credit hour course "Christian Origins" (NT5215) is offered in residence by Faith Seminary, Tacoma, Washingtons

Undergraduate or Graduate level College credit for its successful completion can be arranged with the Seminary.

This DVD Video is approximately 8 hours and 41 minutes long. The Course Table of Contents is found in the chart below:

Unit

Content

One Introduction
Two Traditional Judaism and the State of Israel in the Year 2003
Three Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah
Four The Sadducees and the Pharisees
Five The Essenes, Progenitors of Christianity
Six The rise and fall of the Nazarene Essenes
Seven Nazarene theology and worship practice
Eight The Language of the New Testament and the "Lost" Nazarene Sacred Writings
Nine The emergence of Gentile Christianity and the De-Judiazation of Nazarene Judaism
Ten Mithraism and other pagan influences
Eleven Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls
Twleve Essene Messianic Expectations in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Thirteen Christian theology in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Part One)
Fourteen Christian theology in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Part Two)
Fifteen The Ancient Jewish Understanding of the Triune Godhead
Sixteen Cotemporary Messianic Judaism and the Church

 

Copyright 2011 by Raymond Robert Fischer