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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 5d

The next study session of Tfe will take place this coming Sunday, October 5, 17:00 - 18:30 CT onsite and online. If you are interested in attending, write to [email protected].

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 8d

The volume *Luke & Acts with(in) Second Temple Judaism" is finally moving forward (anticipated release in 2026). There has never been a collective treatment of the relationship between Luke/-Acts and early Judaism on this scale:
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Luke and Acts with(in) Second Temple Judaism

The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are nearly always attributed to a single gentile author writing for a gentile audience. Many studies thus concentrate on how Luke and Acts as gentile Ch...

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 12d

The next study session of Talmud for Everyone will take place on-site and online this Sunday, September 28, 17:00 - 18:30 CT. If you are interested in attending, write to [email protected].

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 13d

Special Enoch Seminar panel on other early Christian books "within Judaism," including Protoevangelium of James, 1 Clement, Barnabas, Ignatius, the Didache, Shepherd of Hermas, Gospel of Thomas, and Justin Martyr: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WMu...

Reading the New Testament Within Judaism (Part II): Other Texts

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 16d

John with Judaism panel, featuring Jörg Frey, Catrin Catrin Haf Williams, Wally Cirafesi, Hugo Mendez, Douglas Estes, Laura Hunt : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGsb...

Reading the New Testament Within Judaism (Part II): John

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 17d

"Hebrews within Judaism" panel, featuring: Madison Pierce, Amy Peeler, Erik Noffke, Jean-Claude Verrecchia, John Goodrich, Simon J. Joseph, Gabriella Gelardini, Eric F. Mason, David DeSilva: www.youtube.com/watch?v=00l4...

Reading the New Testament Within Judaism (Part II): Hebrews

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 19d

Luke & Acts within Judaism panel (Enoch Seminar). Presentations by Jocelyn McWhirter, Paul Sloan, Jin Young Kim, Eyal Regev, Fady Atef Mekhael, with responses by Jason Wendel, Jason Staples, Jason Moraff, Joshua Jipp, and Adrián Tarazano: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p0v....

Reading the New Testament Within Judaism (Part II): Luke and Acts

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 20d

"James & 1 Peter within Judaism" panel featuring Matt Jackson McCabe, Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn, Gabriele Boccaccini, Joshua Brumbach, Alicia Batten, Sofanit T. Abebe, Marcie Lenk, Katie Marcar, and Kelly Liebengood, is available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTF...

Reading the New Testament Within Judaism (Part II): James and 1 Peter

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 21d

Part 2 of the online Enoch Seminar "Reading the New Testament within Judaism?" has concluded. An unprecedented undertaking, with scores of panels on a wide range of early Christian texts. Here's the recording on "Matthew within Judaism": www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9LE...

Reading the New Testament Within Judaism (Part II): Matthew Within Judaism

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 27d

New podcast on the YouTube channel of Talmud for Everyone on Dr. Monika Amsler's book, *The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture* (Cambridge University Press, 2023), which provides a novel thesis on how and when the Talmud was written:
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Dr. Monika Amsler: How and When Was the Talmud Written?

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Sep 3

Less than 2 weeks until the Part 2 of the online Enoch Seminar "Reading the NT within Judaism?" Hundreds have already registered. You can too: enochseminar.org/2993-2/

Reading The New Testament Within Judaism? (Part II - Sept. 15-17, 2025)

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Sep 3

Live sessions of Talmud for Everyone resume this Sunday, September 7, 17:00 - 18:30 CT on site and online.

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Aug 25

Live study sessions of Talmud for Everyone resumes co-led by Dr. Niculescu and yours truly. Fall schedule is available here: www.talmudforeveryone.com.

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Aug 24

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UO to reportedly cut multiple language programs amid university wide budget deficit - Daily Emerald

Deans and department heads at the University of Oregon are under mounting pressure to identify budget cuts amidst a university wide budget deficit. The cuts have led to multiple rounds of layoffs in r...

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks for sharing, but the Enoch Seminar is an academic organization that is simply studying both Judaism and Christianity from a historical viewpoint, not trying to prove which religion is valid or not.

Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Aug 15

The second segment of the virtual Enoch Seminar, "Reading the NT within Judaism?" is only one month away. Zoom registration (free) and the latest information about the event is available here: enochseminar.org/2993-2/

Reading The New Testament Within Judaism? (Part II - Sept. 15-17, 2025)

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jul 30

Part 2 of the online Enoch Seminar conference, "Reading the NT within Judaism" is approaching. I think that it's fair to say that this conference is the mother of all conferences on the "NT within Judaism." Please Spread the word!
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Reading The New Testament Within Judaism? (Part II - Sept. 15-17, 2025)

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jul 15

Talmud for Everyone collaborated with the Bridge Builders Forum to produce this podcast that hopefully provides good education about the Talmud for the public at large:
YouTube: youtu.be/E4ArqFO4uEc?...
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The Talmud, the Rabbis, and Jesus: Breaking Down the Myths - A Conversation with Dr. Isaac Oliver

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jul 10

A great privilege and delight to have both R. Meni Even Israel (son of the late R. Adin Even Israel Steinsaltz) and Dr. Stéphanie Binder discuss the Steinsaltz translation of the Talmud for the YouTube channel of Talmud for Everyone:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw3i...

R. Meni Even Israel & Dr. Stéphanie Binder on the Steinsaltz Translation of the Talmud

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jun 26

Alonso Naranjo Arias is doing a wonderful, important work promoting critical biblical scholarship for Latin American audiences. Considering supporting and subscribing to his channel, Indagando En la la Biblia:
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¿Esperaba Lucas un Israel restaurado? Entrevista al Dr. Isaac Oliver de Oliveira.

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jun 12

The word "mere" is not in the Greek text of Heb 9:24: "For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a *mere* copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf" (NRSVue).

Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jun 12

The word "mere" is not in the Greek text of Heb 9:24: "For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a *mere* copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf" (NRSVue).

Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jun 12

For those who were not able to attend the sessions on "Reading the NT within Judaism?", recordings are available on the Enoch Seminar YouTube Channel. Stay tuned for more this fall, since there will be a part 2 covering other works of early Christianity:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEm9...

Enoch Seminar: Reading the New Testament Within Judaism?

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jun 9

So they will be fluent in neither.

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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · Jun 4

"the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven ... things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven." (Deut 4:19)
Does this text approve of the subservience of other nations besides Israel to celestial beings?

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