62 - Jesus, People, Pharisees with Scot McKnight

About this episode

In this episode, Elijah and Taylor welcome back our very first return guest to the Learning Laborers: Dr. Scot McKnight. Together we discuss Scot's new book, called Jesus, People, Pharisees . In it, McKnight frames the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees within the political power structures of first-century Palestine. The place of the Pharisees in this political system, he argues, is as power-brokers - that is, "go-betweens" for the leaders in Jerusalem (think Caiaphas, Pilate, etc.) and the common people. As the leader of a grassroots movement, Jesus posed a threat to the status quo which these power structures sought to maintain. As a result, Jesus ends up in constant competition…