Roman Occupation and Jewish Rebellion

by Mark Bauerlein

Guy MacLean Rogers joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE. Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2022

From the Mount of Olives

by Peter J. Leithart

 Jesus scrambles the map, turning the world inside out.  Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2019

The Jew’s Lament

by Cole S. Aronson

The Ninth of Av commemorates the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, catastrophes whose repercussions are still endured by Jews today. Continue Reading »

31 Jul 2017

The Holy Family

by Russell E. Saltzman

Of the Passover festival in Jerusalem, St. Luke concisely reports, “When the festival was ended, Jesus stayed behind but his parents did not know it” (2:43). Of course they didn’t know it. They are parents. What makes anyone think they knew anything at all? The twelve-year-old Jesus decided to . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Dec 2015

A New Christian Zionism

by Gerald McDermott

Critics of Christian Zionism usually dismiss it for one or more of three reasons: 1. They say it makes mincemeat of the New Testament, where (it is alleged) the Old Testament focus on a particular land is replaced by the vision of a whole world; 2. They think it is the exclusive concern of premillennial dispensationalists, whose theology supposedly uses Jews to advance its own role in presumptuous schedules of End Time events; 3. It is said to be more political than theological, attached to right-wing American and Israeli political parties that wrongly identify the current Israeli state with the eschaton.Scholars at a recent conference at Georgetown made the case for a “new” Christian Zionism that takes a fresh approach to all three of these problems. Continue Reading »

13 May 2015

Jews as the Romans Saw Them

by Robert Louis Wilken

Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient ­Civilizations by martin goodman knopf, 624 pages, $35 When I first saw the title of this book, I thought of Tertullian’s famous question: What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? But Goodman did not have Tertullian in mind when he chose his title. He was . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2008

Attacking the Tabernacle

by Peter J. Leithart

For more than two decades, Psalm 139:13 has served as a slogan for the anti-abortion movement, adorning banners and picket signs from Boston to the Bay and everywhere in between. And the text is entirely appropriate to the sermon. One can hardly imagine a clearer affirmation of God’s care for the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1999