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Deborah Saxon and Steve Patterson

This lecture presents the fact that there was no New Testament in the first two hundred years of Jesus movements. Instead, communities were were deeply imbedded in oral culture. Anointed clubs, Wisdom circles, and Jesus groups were not book-oriented. They relied on memorials, songs, bathing practices, and meals to enliven discussion. Join Westar scholars Deborah Saxon and Steve Patterson for this lecture based on "After Jesus Before Christianity," specifically chapter nineteen. Ninety minutes with Q and A