Chapter Three

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Chapter Three
The World of Jesus
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Because Jesus was a devout, practicing Jew
we cannot really understand him
without some understanding of the Jewish world he
lived in,
and the Jewish faith he practiced.
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A Brief History of the Jewish People
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1. Pre-History
( Not in textbook )
A. Creation of World
B. Adam Eve --
The Fall
C. Cain Abel
D. The Flood -- Noah
E. Tower of Babel
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Pp. 51-52
2. The Patriarchs
gt Abraham 1900 B.C.E.
gt Isaac
gt Jacob (Israel)
- 12 sons (tribes)
- Joseph sold into slavery in Egypt
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Canaan
Egypt
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P. 52
3. In Egypt 1300-1000
A) Joseph in Egypt
B) Famine in Canaan
Jacobs sons go down to Egypt
C) New Pharoah
enslaves Israelites
D) Israelites cry out to God for deliverance
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P. 53-55
4. EXODUS
1290 B.C.E.
The central event of the OT
a) Moses is sent to lead Israel out of slavery
b) Passover
paschal lamb
blood is sprinkled on door posts
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Exodus cont.
c) Jews escape toward desert
d) pass through Red Sea
(Sea of Reeds)
Pharaohs army is drowned
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Canaan
Exodus
Egypt
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Exodus cont.
Pp. 55-56
e) Mt. Sinai -- COVENANT
f) 10 commandments
g) Forty years of wandering
in wilderness
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5. CANAAN
P. 57
The Promised Land - milk and honey
a) Jews occupy the land,
kick out most local tribes
b) Idolatry a problem
Jews worship local gods
c) Judges
Military leaders sent to deliver Jews from local
tribes
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Palestine
Canaan
Modern Israel
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P. 58
6. KINGDOM
a) Saul - a flop as first king
b) David - the Ideal King
1000 B.C.E.
c) Solomon (Davids son)
builds the TEMPLE
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Jerusalem
The religious, political social center of the
Jewish nation.
King Davids capital city
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7. DIVIDED KINGDOM
P. 60
a) Solomons sons split between northern and
southern kingdoms
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7. DIVIDED KINGDOM
P. 60
b) era of the
Great Prophets
- calling people back to covenant
c) Two kingdoms destroyed (721, 597)
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8. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
P. 60
a) 587 B.C.E. Destruction
of Jerusalem and temple
b) 597 B.C.E.
leading people, artisans taken as captives to
Babylon
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8. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
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P. 60
8. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY cont.
c) The diaspora The dispersion
Jews who settled in regions outside Palestine
during or after Babylonian Exile
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Q What is the
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African diaspora?
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P. 61
9. RESTORATION 538 B.C.E
a) Persians defeat Babylonians,
allow Jewish exiles to go home
b) the faithful remnant returns to rebuild the
temple in Jerusalem
c) No longer any King, but High Priest
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P. 63
10. GREEK DOMINATION
300 - 37 B.C.E.
After Alexander the Great,
Two generals in Syria and in Egypt
tremendous Greek influence on Jewish Culture
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11. ROMAN DOMINATION
Roman Empire
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11. ROMAN DOMINATION
Rome

Palestine
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69-73
11. ROMAN DOMINATION
A. Starting 37 B.C.E.
B. Jesus lived under Roman rule.
C. Pontius Pilate was a Roman official
D. Destruction of Jerusalem 70 C.E.
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Part III Dreaming of a Liberator
The oppressed Jews of Jesus time dreamed that
one day God would send them
A. a great leader,
P. 73
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Part III Dreaming of a Liberator
P. 73
B. a new King David
to overthrow the Romans
C. a military Messiah
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Fr. Als Hall of Fame
1. Abraham
Father of the Jews
2. Isaac
Son of Abraham, father of Esau/Jacob
a.k.a. Jacob, Father of 12 tribes
3. Israel
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4. Joseph (O.T.)
Son of Jacob, sold into Egypt
5. Moses
Led Israelites out of Egypt - EXODUS
6. Joshua
Led Jews into promised land
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7. Judges
Military leaders sent to deliver Israelites from
local tribes
8. Saul
First king, a flop
9. David
Ideal king, 1000 BCE
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10. Solomon
Davids son. Built first temple
11. Prophet
Calls the people back to the covenant
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12. Alex. The Great
Greatest military empire builder GREEK EMPIRE
13. Pontius Pilate
Roman official who ordered the crucifixion of
Jesus
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Four Places to Know
3. Mt. Sinai
1. Palestine
4. Jerusalem
2. Canaan
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Whats this
Paschal Meal
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Roman Occupation
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End of
Chapter Three