Summary of Paula Fredriksen's When Christians Were Jews

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The city of Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life for nearly 500 years, from the Persian period until the Roman Empire destroyed it in 70 C. E.
#2 The house of David and the house of God came together in Jewish tradition. The Second Temple was rebuilt by the returning exiles and the Hasmoneans, and it reached its height of splendor under Herod the Great.
#3 The Hellenization of Jerusalem by the Seleucids was a conflict between Greek and Jewish cultures. Some Jews welcomed these changes, while others resisted them. The Maccabean Revolt marked the beginning of Roman involvement with Judea.
#4 The Roman general Pompey conquered Jerusalem in 63 B. C. E. He entered the sanctuary of the temple, in Jewish eyes thus defiling it. He tore down the city walls and deprived Jerusalem of revenue-yielding territories. But soon, the Roman emperor Octavian would conquer Mark Antony and become ruler of Rome, and Herod would be appointed king of Judea.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Christianity
• History
• Jérusalem

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 17 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822514409
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The city of Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life for nearly 500 years, from the Persian period until the Roman Empire destroyed it in 70 C. E.

#2

The house of David and the house of God came together in Jewish tradition. The Second Temple was rebuilt by the returning exiles and the Hasmoneans, and it reached its height of splendor under Herod the Great.

#3

The Hellenization of Jerusalem by the Seleucids was a conflict between Greek and Jewish cultures. Some Jews welcomed these changes, while others resisted them. The Maccabean Revolt marked the beginning of Roman involvement with Judea.

#4

The Roman general Pompey conquered Jerusalem in 63 B. C. E. He entered the sanctuary of the temple, in Jewish eyes thus defiling it. He tore down the city walls and deprived Jerusalem of revenue-yielding territories. But soon, the Roman emperor Octavian would conquer Mark Antony and become ruler of Rome, and Herod would be appointed king of Judea.

#5

The Herodian temple complex was built in a rectangle around the sanctuary, and it was the largest area within the whole compound. It was the center of religious tourism, and Jews would go there to make offerings.

#6

The gospels, which are the only sources we have about Jesus’ life, differ on how often Jesus went to Jerusalem. Mark’s gospel claims that Jesus only went to Jerusalem once, for the triumphal entry.

#7

The Jesus of the synoptic gospels is a charismatic healer, a holy man, and an exorcist. His preaching centers on the good news of the coming Kingdom of God. He quotes the Ten Commandments to explain his call to repentance.

#8

The synoptic gospels’ linear depiction of Jesus’ travels to Jerusalem and back is problematic for historians. It does not take into account the evidence of early Jesus-following communities throughout Judea, and it makes it difficult to explain why Jesus was crucified.

#9

The synoptic writers’ focus on the Galilee and local resistance to Jesus’ message created a gap in their own stories that needed to be closed. The priests’ decision to neutralize Jesus was based on his condemnation of the temple’s being a den of robbers, which they took as a criticism of them.

#10

The synoptic evangelists, who wrote about the same events as the synoptics, focused on this incident. They assumed that the historical Jesus did perform such an act, and then they interpreted his gesture. Did the overturned tables signal Jesus’ condemnation of the temple as an institution.

#11

We have the seven undisputed letters of Paul, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the works of Josephus to help us navigate through the gospels’ conflicting traditions about Jesus and Jerusalem.

#12

Paul’s letters date to the mid-first century, some two to three decades after Jesus’ death. He used a biblical tradition different from the one that the original disciples, and Jesus himself, were familiar with.

#13

Paul’s letters do not help us answer the questions of whether he was a citizen of both Tarsus and Rome, or his Hebrew name really was Saul.