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Can anyone help me? I need to describe the historical situation into which Jesus entered, including the Roman Oppression and the various sects with Judaism.

Can anyone help me? I need to describe the historical situation into which Jesus entered, including the Roman Oppression and the various sects with Judaism. I'm actually helping my 18 yr old who has missed quite a bit of class due to lukemia. I just need to be pointed in the right direction.

Answer 1

The land of Juda was occupied by the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus life. The Jews were part of 12 tribes around the land of Juda. They had hoped for a Messiah that would come and unite them to defeat the Romans. This is how Jesus came into conflict with Judas and later Barabas who mistook him for someone who would lead the Israelites to rise up and defeat the Romans. In fact, Jesus revealed himself to be the Christ, and crucified by the Romans and Jews. In three days, he rose from the dead as it was written
My body is the temple of God. Destroy this temple and in 3 days, that temple will rise again.
The various sects would be the 12 tribes that you can find in the Old Testament. The Jews of that period were tribal and tended to roam about the land of Judah. Joseph was lived in Nazareth, but returned to Bethlehem where his tribe originated to have Jesus included in the Roman census.
And now that I may have offended alot of people, I hope that helps you. It was not my intention to offend anyone but with religious discussions there is always debate.

Answer 2

There were four major sects of judaism
The Pharisees - "The messiah would come if YOU would stop sinning
The Herodians - "Let's just get along with the Romans"
The Zealots - "Let's kill the Romans and the Messiah would come"
The Essenes - "Our culture is evil and we must seperate ourselves from it. Then the Messiah will come"
Each of these groups tried to get Jesus to preach their message. What's interesting is that there were both Herodians (tax collectors) and Zealots among the disciples. Must have made for interesting dinner conversation. The question about taxes (a major issue between the sects) was an attempt to get Jesus to side with one of the groups and split his followers.

Romans were legally allowed to grab any Jewish man to carry their pack for 1 mile (hence the impact when Jesus told them to walk 2 miles. Because for the second one, it's not oppression. You are taking control of your fate and not allowing yourself to be controlled)
This was also the first era of "mass communication" with the Roman roads news traveled (relatively) easily and so did people, making it the first era of humanity where Jesus could get the word out to more than a local community

That should get you started

Answer 3

Christian historian Luke, Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius, Jewish historian Josephus, and Jewish philosopher Philo all lived near this time and testified to this state of expectation. (Luke 3:15) Some scholars today insist that it was Roman oppression that made the Jews long for and expect the Messiah in those days. Why, though, did the Jews expect the Messiah then rather than during the brutal Greek persecution centuries earlier? Why did Tacitus say that it was “mysterious prophecies” that led the Jews to expect powerful rulers to come from Judea and “acquire universal empire”? Abba Hillel Silver, in his book A History of Messianic Speculation in Israel, acknowledges that “the Messiah was expected around the second quarter of the first century C.E.,” not because of Roman persecution, but because of “the popular chronology of that day,” derived in part from the book of Daniel.


The Jewish religious system. (Ga 1:13, 14) In the first century C.E., Judaism in its various forms was not based exclusively on the Hebrew Scriptures. One of the most prominent divisions of Judaism, that of the Sadducees, rejected the Scriptural teaching of the resurrection and denied the existence of angels. (Mr 12:18-27; Ac 23:8) Although the Pharisees, who formed yet another important branch of Judaism, sharply disagreed with the Sadducees on this (Ac 23:6-9), they were guilty of making God’s Word invalid because of their many unscriptural traditions. (Mt 15:1-11) Not the Law, which was actually a tutor leading to Christ (Ga 3:24), but these unscriptural traditions made it difficult for many to accept Christ. The Law itself was good and holy (Ro 7:12), but the traditions of men served to enslave the Jews. (Col 2:8) It was an ardent zeal for ‘the traditions of his fathers’ that caused Saul (Paul) to be a vicious persecutor of Christians.

Answer 4

You may want to read the works of the secular historian Josephus.

Answer 5

That's not religion. That's history. Go to the library.

Answer 6

try this site, although I didn't read it myself, so I don't know how accurate it is. Some Catholic sites also have lots of data.
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/jesus-history.php

Answer 7

Nothing can explain it better than the documentary "the Life of Brian". See if you can rent it.

Answer 8

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if u understood that, ur description of the historical situation would be done and i wud get best answer

Answer 9

That is not religion.

The bible will be of little use to you here. You are on the internet - use it.

Answer 10

look him up in Worldbook or funk and wag
do your own papers