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Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups:
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots
The Jewish Context AD 70: Romans destroy Jerusalem and the Temple
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism
A representation of the Temple (from the third-century synagogue at Dura-Europos)
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism • II. The Hellenistic Context
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism • II. The Hellenistic Context • A. Characteristics
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism • II. The Hellenistic Context • III. Official Roman Religion
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism • II. The Hellenistic Context • III. Official Roman Religion • A. Pagan Piety: The Practice of Roman Religion
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism • II. The Hellenistic Context • III. Official Roman Religion • A. Pagan Piety: The Practice of Roman Religion • B. Roman Conservatism
Rise of Christianity: Jewish, Hellenistic, & Roman Contexts • The Jewish Context • A. Palestinian Judaism • 1. Relations with the Roman State - 4 groups: • Saducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots • B. Diaspora Judaism • II. The Hellenistic Context • III. Official Roman Religion • A. Pagan Piety: The Practice of Roman Religion • B. Roman Conservatism • IV. The Appeal of Mystery Religions