. >>> according to the bible, jesus' ministry begins near the sea of galilee where he gathers his firstes. >> here on the northwest shore of the sea of galilee is the area where the gospels most often locate activities, miracles, teachings of jesus. >> one of the coastal villages is magdala. was it here that jesus first met mary? >> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. she was from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured a

. >> here on the northwest shore of the sea of galilee is the area where the gospels most often locateeachings of jesus. >> one of the coastal villages is magdala. was it here that jesus first met mary? >> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. she was from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some kind of mental i

. >> here on the northwest shore of the sea of galilee is the area where the gospels most often locates, miracles, teachings of jesus. >> one of the coastal villages is magdala. was it here that jesus first met mary? >> mary magdalene means mary of magdala. she was from magdala which is just over the hill behind me. >> a woman in distress. what the gospel of luke calls a case of demonic possession. the woman is mary. >> what we know about mary is that she's possessed by seven demons. this would have been a very personally traumatizing condition to have, and she hasn't been able to find any kind of respite from it until she meets jesus. >> according to the gospel traditions, the way that jesus dealt with specifically severe cases of demon possession is that he would get them to name themselves and then having named them, then demanding by name that they leave the person. ♪ >> it's difficult to imagine how profound that moment must be for her, to finally feel free and cured and whole. >> jesus cleaned up her life, and she became absolutely devoted to him. ♪ >> maybe that mary had some ki

we have witnesses. >> he began his crimes in galilee galilee. >> galilee, then take him to the tettarch that man. you're mistaken. >> you're lying. >> what is it said? where is god's army of angels. >> what do you hear? >> caiaphas is bringing him here. pilate wants his blood on my hands. he wants my name to curse the lips of every jew. >> leave us. go! >> i will deal no more with holiness. i'm a stone wall. >> i'll not argue. jesus threatens priest, but other than a mob healing him king of the jews, he is no threat to you. his death not be upon our house. >> i cannot simply hide. >> face him. let the mob see who is truly fit to be king of the jews. >> we're told you work miracles. do something. anything wondrous. >> make bread fall from the heavens. feed us a morning meal. my preference is lentils and barley barley. a miracle could save you. it is said that simon could fly. but can jesus the nazarene fly? >> let him be. no i'm wrong a bird, not jesus. he makes no wonder but hails as a king. let him be adorned as a king. [ laughter ] >> the purple robe. >> no can go forth without a stap

on the banks of lake galilee. according to the gospel of mark. in the synagogue, a man asks geez us to cure his withered hand. >> jesus tells him to stretch out his hand, and he's healed. >> but this is the sabbath, and working on the sabbath is prohibited. >> the fact that jesus heals the man with the withered hand on the sabbath, in the synagogue suggests that he's just going to do what he wants. >> it's an action that brings jesus into conflict with the jewish priesthood. now his reputation precedes him wherever he goes. the number of his followers increases. the crowds he attracts bring him to the attention of the roman authorities. >> when jesus is active in galilee, those areas were under roman occupation. you could believe whatever you wanted to believe in the roman empire, you could practice your religion in whatever way you chose to practice your religion, but what romans didn't like is one charismatic figure, especially one who was messianic. >> fearing for jesus' safety, james and his family come to capernaum. >> i think it would be te

capehnum on the banks of lake galilee.in the synagogue a man asks jesus to cure his withered hand. >> jesus tells him to stretch out his hand and he's healed, but this is the sabbath and working on the sabbath is prohibited. ♪ ♪ >> the fact that jesus heals the man with the hand on the sabbath in the synagogue suggests that he's going to do what he wants. it's an action that brings jesus into conflict with the jewish priesthood. now his reputation precedes him wherever he goes the number of his followers increases. ♪ >> the crowds he attracts bring him to the attention of the roman authorities. ♪ >> when jesus is active in galilee, those areas were under roman occupation. you could believe whatever you wanted to believe in the roman empire. you could practice your religion in whatever way you chose to practice your religion, but what the romance didn't like one charismatic figure, especially one that was mesonic. >> fearing for jesus' safety, james and his family come to capernum. i think it would be terribly frightening t

his 1st book the myth of gentile galilee asserted that the overwhelming majority of galilee's populationswish historians and published archaeological excavation reports. he used the same sources in his 2nd book, the greco-roman culture published also by cambridge university press in 2,005 which challenged the conventional understanding of the culture of galilee at the time command he argued that the crucial change is culture became greco-roman several centuries after the time that we had generally understood to be the case and only after the arrival of a large roman garrison in the 2nd century. his paper today his paper today goes out of his more recent and very public involvement in the constitutional, political and academic issues of religion in public school teaching. he has been on the frontlines of critiquing the texas essential knowledge and skills of social study and has focused upon the biblical studies curricula as they have been taught in the past in dallas public schools and the school systems are trying to implement currently, most notably the hobby lobby curriculum proposed f

. >> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and judea, gatheringollowers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner or student. so when jesus is calling disciples, he's simply gathering a group of students around to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as a disciple must have had something going for him. >> judas was the treasurer of jesus' 12 disciples. he was the one jesus trusted with the money. >> jesus saw in judas the kind of man that he wanted to be his follower. we have to assume that they're friends and that they have this close relationship. >> he's special. he has a key place. and yet something's going to happen in judas that's going to lead him to fall away from jesus and to lose faith in jes

. >> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and judea, gatheringollowers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner or student. so when jesus is calling disciples, he's simply gathering a group of students around to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as a disciple must have had something going for him. >> judas was the treasurer of jesus' 12 disciples. he was the one jesus trusted with the money. >> jesus saw in judas the kind of man that he wanted to be his follower. we have to assume that they're friends and that they have this close relationship. >> he's special. he has a key place. and yet something's going to happen in judas that's going to lead him to fall away from jesus and to lose faith in jes

. >> jesus leaves the family and goes walk about in galilee and judea. >> according to the gospels, jesusohn the baptist on the banks of the river jordan. >> jesus' baptism by john the baptist really galvanized him, it got him thinking i must act now and convert people now. >> he begins performing miracles, casting out demons. >> according to the gospels, there are large crowds that are drawn to jesus throughout his ministry. jesus's healing miracles would have drawn a lot of attention. >> but while jesus embarks on his mission, his family remain in nazareth. >> jesus leaves james and the other brothers and sisters in charge of the family. >> hey, enough. >> and that is what's uncomfortable about this story. the village itself was a small village. so tongues would wag about this whole deal of jesus going off and doing some kind of ministry and leaving his family to take care of business. >> there would have been a lot of social marginalization that they would have experienced because they had this slightly crazy, embarrassing brother. and we can imagine that would have created friction be

. >> with the protection of rome, herod antipas rules galilee with all the contempt of an auto crat. has made his first serious miscalculation. he's turned his back on jewish law by marrying his brother's wife, herodias. >> this was in violation of a law in leviticus which says that a man must not uncover the nakedness of his brother's wife. >> herodias is the wife of your brother. >> john the baptist was very critical of the political regime. in particular, he was critical of herod for having married his brother's wife. and he was critical of their immorality and their treatment of the people. >> jews feel themselves oppressed by a foreign power that they can't do anything about. john gives them a vision of someone who can do something about it. >> ignoring the peril, john openly accuses herod and his wife of violating jewish law. >> give up this woman! send her away! >> if john the baptist said outloud what everybody else was really murmuring about, then that put him in the category of someone who could be accused of sedition of treason. he would be like a terrorist. >> if john the

. >> with the protection of rome, herod rules galilee with all the contempt of an autocrat.d has made his first serious miscalculation. he's turned his back on jewish law by marrying his brother's wife, herodias. >> this was in violation of a law in leviticus which says that a man must not uncover the nakedness of his brother's wife. >> herodias is the wife of your brother. >> john the baptist was very critical of the political regime. in particular, he was critical of herod for having married his brother's wife. and he was critical of their immorality and their treatment of the people. >> jews feel themselves oppressed by a foreign power that they can't do anything about. john gives them a vision of someone who can do something about it. >> ignoring the peril, john openly accuses herod and his wife of violating jewish law. >> give up this woman! send her away! >> if john the baptist said out loud what everybody else was really murmuring about, then that put him in the category of someone who could be accused of sedition of treason. he would be like a terrorist. >> if john t

. >> from the sea of galilee. >> think they that your guy robert gentile who you represent, 79 yearsomething to do with that. why do they suspect that and what did he say about the case? >> they don't suspect he had something to do with the actual theft of the paintings. >> or that he knows. >> they spoent suspect that he -- well, i can't speak for them really but there isn't anyone who says he had anything to with the theft of the paintings. what i believe their theory is that he may have been a part -- this is their theory. he may have been a part of the transfer of the paintings from boston to philadelphia via connecticut. and that's the theory of -- that they're going on. >> he lives in connecticut. >> he does. >> happened in boston. say he was recorded on tape by an undercover talking about the paintings? when they dug up part of his house they say they found a list and an old boston herald article about that and failed a lie deck tech for test. >> i can't tell you what he says about that. he denies ever having the paintings. that he categorically denies having to do with the th

cambridge university press in 2005 which challenge the conventional understanding of the culture of galilee at the time. and he argued that the crucial change in fatalities culture became greco-roman several centuries after the time that we generally understood it to be the case and told after the arrival of a large roman garrison in the second century. his paper today grows out of his more recent and very public involvement in the constitutional and political and academic issues of religion in public school teaching that he's been on the front lines of teaching, a social studies. he has also focused on a biblical studies curricula as they been taught in the past in dallas public schools to address school systems are trying to implement them currently most notably the hobby lobby curriculum that has been proposed for the oklahoma public schools. today, his topic, teaching all about religion in red state america, is something he has a lot of firsthand knowledge of. our other three panelists our visitors to smu, and i'm delighted to be able to welcome them. i am pleased to introduce our secon