Collection: February 2022 Tabletalk

The February 2022 issue of Tabletalk will provide an introduction to Jewish life in the days of Jesus. Our Savior was born in a particular place, into a particular culture, at a particular time. Understanding the reality of life in this place, culture, and time is vital for understanding the person and work of our Savior and for understanding the gospel revealed in the Old and New Testaments. Specifically, Jesus was born a Jew, and He conducted His ministry against the backdrop of Jewish life and in light of particular historical realities for the first-century Jewish people. To assist readers with better understanding their Bibles and the history of the Christian faith, this issue of Tabletalk will consider the historical, political, and religious situation of first-century Judaism, situating the ministry of Christ and the Apostles in its original context and looking briefly at how both Christianity and modern Judaism developed out of that setting.

Contributors include David E. Briones, Robert J. Cara, Joshua J. Van Ee, Benjamin Shaw, Jonathan T. Pennington, Andreas J. Köstenberger, Benjamin L. Gladd, Dustin W. Benge, Christina R. Fox, William VanDoodewaard, Barry J. York, Nicholas T. Batzig, Andrew M. Davis, Don Bailey, and Sinclair B. Ferguson.