Season 3: Episode 77
Judaism and the Gospels after 70 CE
Date Aired: 9/02/2024
The destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE was a cataclysmic event for the people of Judaea and the Galilee. Our guest Nathanael Vette argues that all four New Testament gospels were written after 70 when Jewish communities were grappling with the loss of the Temple and an uncertain future under harsh Roman rule. Nathanael has found remarkable evidence in Mark that times the first gospel’s authorship during the Jewish-Roman Wars.
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