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The World of the New Testament

The World of the New Testament. Geography-Places of Interest. Regions Landmarks -Galilee -Dead Sea -Samaria -Mount Tabor -Judea -Sea of Galilee Cities/Towns -Cana -Bethlehe m -Bethany -Capernaum -Nazareth -Caesarea Philippi -Jerusalem. Judaism .

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The World of the New Testament

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  1. The World of the New Testament

  2. Geography-Places of Interest RegionsLandmarks -Galilee -Dead Sea -Samaria -Mount Tabor -Judea -Sea of Galilee Cities/Towns -Cana -Bethlehem -Bethany -Capernaum -Nazareth -Caesarea Philippi -Jerusalem

  3. Judaism • The Temple of Jerusalem – majorly important to the Jewish faith. • Sadducees – wealthy elite, had considerable religious and political influence among Jews • Pharisees – a progressive reforming group of Jewish lay scholars. • Sanhedrin – Ruling body among the Jews dominated by the Sadducees. • Remember Jesus and the Apostles were Jewish!

  4. Jews in the Roman Empire • Seen as second class citizens within the Empire. • “Diaspora” – Greek for dispersion. Jews were spread out all over the Roman Empire.

  5. Roman Pagan Cults • Polytheistic • Romans borrowed and used Greek gods and mythology. • Religion provided political and ideological unity for Roman citizenry. • Romans placated their gods through sacrifice, this kind of worship is called pietas. • Romans held public festivals of debauchery and hedonism.

  6. Roman Empire • Rome is established in 753 B.C. by Romulus. • Roman Empire begins 27 B.C., ruled by Augustus. (previously Rome was a Republic). • PaxRomana – Roman Peace, marked the 200 year period of peacetime within the Empire. The PaxRomana is important because it is the culture in which Christianity was introduced.

  7. Roman Empire- How the Stage was set Cons • Disregard of human life. • Lack of Morals • Hedonism • Lame Pagan gods. Pros • Road system • Universal language: Latin • Lack of war and outside conflict

  8. Greek Influence- Hellenization • Hellenization- process by which Greek cultural attributes were transplanted to the East. • Greece was source of Western philosophy that complimented Christianity and monotheism. • Socrates • Plato • Aristotle • Developing the Logos!

  9. So What?! The Roman Empire set the stage for a new uplifting, life filled, spiritually satisfying Religion: CHRISTIANITY Greek and Jewish cultures exists and influence the world into which the Church was born. God purposefully sent Jesus at this point in history so that Christianity and the Church could effectively spread.

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