Topic 2: Utilizing Jewish Sources To Better Understand The New Testament By Joe Shulam

Joseph Shulam was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on March 24, 1946 to a Sephardic Jewish family. In 1948, his family immigrated to Israel just before the establishment of the State. Joseph studied biblical archeology and Jewish thought in the Second Temple period at the Hebrew University, as well as New Testament and Chemistry at the David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition, Mr. Shulam studied at an Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva (rabbinical college) in Jerusalem. Joseph is the founder of Netivyah Bible Instruction Ministry based in Jerusalem. Netivyah is an organization of Jewish disciples of Yeshua the Messiah. It is engaged in study, research, and publication of academic materials and commentaries on the Jewish foundations of the New Testament. Netivyah is also active in providing humanitarian aid and food for those in need in Jerusalem.