Paul and Augustine on the Redemption of the Jews

Paula Fredriksen, Aurelio Professor of Scripture, Boston University and author of From Jesus to Christ and Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews sheds new light on the origins of anti-Semitism and opens a path toward better understanding between two of the worlds great religions. She focuses
in particular on the vast change from Paul to Augustine in the Christian message of Jewish redemption. Series: Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies [Humanities] [Show ID: 16027]

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[SCmike100]

It's so refreshing to hear straight teaching about religious history, not filtered through one or another sectarian viewpoint.

[clarkewi]

Brilliant. But some have said that Augustinian monks at the behest of Constantine going after "heretical" Christian sects inadvertantly launched Islam in the Arab world. Or what would later become Islam.

[ProfMTH]

Fantastic lecture. And I'm loving the book.

[highwind8124]

Almah means "maiden", which generally means virgin. I'm pretty sure Isaiah wasn't saying: "Behold, the woman who has been around the block a few times will bear a child". It's not unreasonable to say that virginity is inferred

And the statement has no purpose viewed otherwise, if she wasn't a virgin. "A woman will bear a child". As opposed to what? A stork? All children are born of women. It would be the equivalent of going out of your way to mention: "The child will have two arms."

[reformed5]

@folkfan88 Paul was a Jew from Tarsus of the Tribe of Benjamin, circumcised on the 8th day, a Pharisee (see Phil 3:1-9

[agentorangetechno]

Paul of Tarsus was from the benjamite tribe wasent he

also a very interesting conversion

Paul had no proceeding faith in Christ,he was uddering murderous threats towards the christians on his way to Damascus,i believe,then all the sudden the Lord apperead to Paul and knocked him off his horse.Excellent example of un-conditional grace/un-conditional election

same with romans 9;11 and 9;16

These 2 text's are said to be 2 nations, but the fact is it speaks of two individuals, Jacob, and Esau

[beancube2008]

We're all making up things for God. Jews are smarter, they make up things for other people instead. That's why they always fantasize about ruling the world. God has a name because it glorify the so-called religious cleverness.

[bammbamm12]

Who could watch this? She's an ex-Catholic, now a Jew, who wants the best of both worlds. If you want this world, you go with the Jews. If you want the next world, you must go with the Catholics. All of her mumbo jumbo is just the way she personally rationalizes her guilt.

[MrBlackhaw]

Paul was a jew. Read Philippians 3.

[sensibilita]

What shameless language here ... start respecting one another! The Jews are a wonderful people!! It is high time the ignorant Arabs wake up ... Iran is self-immolating soon ... the ME is a mess....