Chapter 2 Flashcards
Was Jesus educated?
Yes. And literate
Jesus lived in Present Day country..
Palestine
Jesus’ religion
Jew
Center of Jesus’s ministry
Galilee
Galileans had
A distinct dialect
Jesus spoke
Aramaic
Hometown of Jesus
Galilee.. Nazareth
Population of Galilee
1,200 mainly Jewish
Galileans looked down upon..
Frequent relations w/ non-jewish neighbors
Samaritans and Jews did not get along:
- Intermarried w/foreigners/ descended from foreigners half breeds
- Different views of Scripture
- Different idea of where true worship center of God was- Jesus takes loving attitude towards them
Judea
Jerusalem- Home to Temple
“Abba”
How Jesus addresses God
Koine
Language of Roman Empire (greek)
Latin was
Only speaken by Roman officials
Jewish Synagogue
- prayer center
- scrolls were kept there
- worship began with Shema
Temple in Jerusalem
- place sacrafices to God
- God’s Holy presence was there
- Temple tax for feasts
- pilgrimmage rules
Passover
Liberation from slavery from Egypt; slaughter of Lamb
Pentecost
YHWH’s giving if Law, 50 days after Passover
Feast of Tabernacles
Fall harvest festival, people dwell in tents
Hanukkah
Festival of rededication of Temple and the Maccabees
Palestine was part of
Roman Empire
-Jews hated it because of history
Herod the Great
Jewish ruler of Jesus’s birth
-not real jewish king- Jews did not like him
Herod Antipas
ruled Jesus’ home province,
- had John Baptist killed
- son of Herod the Great
- “that fox”
Pontius Pilate
Roman procurator
- tax collector
- peace keeper
- slaves were not labor, (butlers)
