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Jesus the Jew -- The Historical Jesus [28min]

"Jesus the Jew" looks at the essentials of what can really be said about Jesus with any degree of historical certainty and places Him in the context of the wandering charismatics and faith healers who were about at the time. It also explores how His Jewish roots were gradually airbrushed out of theology, culminating in Nazi theologians who produced a Bible excised of all references to Judaism and who portrayed Jesus as an Aryan.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "In the Footsteps of Jesus: Galilee"