Sermon on the Mount Session Video

In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered, providing historical and theological context and using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings.

In this video session titled, The Beatitudes, Professor Levine introduces Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and discusses the historical and cultural context of the Beatitudes, the “blessed are” statements of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.

Running Time: 12:35

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In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered, providing historical and theological context and using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings.

In this video session titled, The Extensions, Professor Levine discusses what are commonly called the “antitheses” in Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. She explains why she renames these the “extensions” and shows how they fit into a tradition of biblical interpretation.

Running Time: 11:15

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In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered, providing historical and theological context and using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings.

In this video session titled, Practicing Piety, Professor Levine demonstrates how the discussion of practicing one’s piety in the Sermon on the Mount is still relevant today. She explains how Jesus warns against ostentations displays of religion and urges giving to the poor and praying in private.

Running Time: 10:52

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In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered, providing historical and theological context and using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings.

In this video session titled, Our Father, Professor Levine walks through the Our Father prayer taught by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. She shows how this is actually a very Jewish prayer that fit Jesus’s Jewish context and audience.

Running Time: 11:22

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In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered, providing historical and theological context and using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings.

In this video session titled, Finding Your Treasure, Professor Levine works through the last passages of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. She illuminates Jesus’s discussion of fasting and offers commentary on his advice, “Do not worry.”

Running Time: 9:37

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In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered, providing historical and theological context and using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings.

In this video session titled, Living into the Kingdom, Professor Levine concludes her study on Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount with a discussion of the Golden Rule, and how to follow the path that will lead you to the doorstep of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Running Time: 13:24

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