JerusalemPerspective.com (JP) is an online journal dedicated to better understanding Jesus’ life and teachings within his historical, cultural, religious and linguistic contexts. To achieve this mission JP strives to bring to a diverse audience of students, teachers, clergy, academics and laypersons the most accurate and up-to-date information about Jesus and the Gospels.
JP will help its readers understand the cultural context of Jesus’ message through publishing articles focused on biblical archaeology, geography and ecology, ancient Jewish literature and ancient Jewish sects, Second Temple Jewish history, and the linguistic landscape of the land of Israel in the first century.
JP will offer better, more authentic interpretations of those passages in the Gospels that have traditionally been misconstrued as anti-Jewish.
JP will serve as a bridge between academia and the general public by bringing the best of scholarship concerning Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels to its readers.
JP will serve as a bridge between Jews and Christians by highlighting the best of Jewish scholarship on Second Temple-period Jewish history, ancient Jewish literature, and the Jewish origins of Christianity.
JP will carry on the legacy of scholarly excellence established by Robert Lindsey, David Flusser and Shmuel Safrai, founders of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research.