Was Jesus Palestinian? A Historians response to the most searched Google

Please follow this show . It really helps!Was Jesus Palestinian? That question is currently one of the fastest-rising searches in the world. In the Google Trends worldwide results for the past month, “was Jesus Palestinian ” is the #2 rising query and is marked BREAKOUT,.This episode of Echoes of Jewish History addresses that question through historical method rather than modern political terminology.Was Jesus Palestinian? Was Jesus Israeli? How did Jesus understand his own identity? What did the words Judea, Galilee, Israel and Palestine mean in the first century? And can modern Israeli or Palestinian national identities legitimately be projected backward onto the historical Jesus?We examine Jesus’ Jewish identity, the political geography of Roman Judea, the history of the name Palestine, the relationship between the ancient Philistines and modern Palestinians, and the historical problems created when twenty-first-century political categories are imposed on the ancient world.The episode also considers the modern question behind the Google searches: Would Jesus support Israel or Palestine today? Rather than pretending that a first-century Jewish figure can simply be recruited into a contemporary political movement, we examine what the historical record can actually tell us.For anyone searching Was Jesus Palestinian? Was Jesus Israeli? Was Jesus Jewish? Was Jesus born in Palestine? Was Jesus from Israel? Are Palestinians descended from the Philistines? or trying to understand the relationship between Jesus, Israel, Palestine, Judea and Jewish history, this episode provides the historical context behind one of the internet’s fastest-growing questions.Media & Partnership Opportunities: [email protected] of Jewish History: https://jimmybitton.comSponsor:Pick up your copy of Crossing the Bronx:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossing-the-bronx-david-hirshberg/1149208757?ean=9781941493403Thanks to our Lifetime Supporter:http://www.mosaicsbymarc.comSupport the Mission:https://buymeacoffee.com/echoesofjewishhistoryPlease follow this show . It really helps!POWERED BY ECHOES MEDIA