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For several decades, the Jewishness of Jesus has been at the forefront of scholarship. Students of the New Testament are more than ever aware of the importance of understanding Jesus and the Gospels in their Jewish context. In Reading Mark in Context, a team of Gospel scholars explore the Gospel of Mark in light of Second Temple Jewish literature. Over the last several decades, the Jewishness of...

The widespread conformity to Pharisaic teachings and traditions (described by Josephus) might explain the surprise, which is implicit in the question, that Jesus does not avoid tax collectors and sinners. It is also worth noting here that Mark describes Jesus’s association with groups on the edges of society, with whom, despite their popularity (according to Josephus), the Pharisees have failed to cultivate “harmonious relations” (J.W. 2.166). The scribes of the Pharisees have neglected these who
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