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Junior Cert Religion section B (Religion Notes: Christianity- the context…
Junior Cert Religion section B
Religion Notes: Christianity- the context of Jesus' birth
The Holy Land
Important places contained in the holy land
Nazareth
where Jesus grew up
river Jordan
where Jesus was baptised
Bethlehem
the birthplace of Jesus
sea of Galilee
where Jesus met his First Disiples
Jerusalem
where Jesus was arrested, put to death and ressurected
the three provinces
Samalia
Ruled by Pontius pilate
Judea
Ruled by Pontius pilate
Galilee
Ruled by Herold Antipas
What was the holy land
Where Jesus lived preached and died
the Roman Empire
How far did the Roman empire go
the Roman empire stretched to france and spain in the west, the alps in the north, Greece turkey and the holy land in the east and north Africa and the med in the south
Roman empire and Jews
Jews wanted their own independent land as being under Roman rule meant they had to pay heavy taxes and use their laws.
what was the Roman Empire
the Roman empire was the land that the Romans ruled including the holy land
Ancient Judaism and messianic expectation
what was messianic Expectation
messianic expectation means that the Jewish people were awaiting a messiah who would free them of roman ruleand establish a new Roman Kingdom.
who was the messiah
the messiah would be the anointed one who would lead the Jews to freedom.
What is ancient judaism
ancient Judaism is the history of the jewish people
Political and religious Structures
other 4 jewish groups (strong opinionated)
Sanhadren
who were the sanhadren
who was in the sanhadren
roman rule + sanhadren
Evidence about Jesus
Historical documents
Josephus
Jewish scholar who wrote about the Jews 60 years after his death
wrote about the crucifixion of Christ described him as a wise teacher and talked about the resurection
Tacitus
Tacitus was a roman who was suspicious about christianity
wrote about Jesus 80 years later describing how he was sentenced, died and how Christians got their names
Evidence written and oral
earlier people talked about him before writing it down
various written sources
how info about Jesus went from spoken to writen
The old Testament
what was this part of the bible about
It contains books from Genesis to prophets who spoke on behalf of god
the old testament is the history of the Jews
This part of the bible talks about the coming of the messiah
The Bible: The New testament
Gospels
who did the gospels come together?
the Gospels came together in three stages
diciples preaching about jesus
Apostles spread word across Palestine that Jesus was gods son.
written down stage
witnesses gave accounts of happenings of Jesus and these were written down by evangalists.
a witness is a person who was present at the time of the event.
actual events that happened during christs life
jesus; traveling,teaching Palestine, spreading gods word, performing miracles, making speaches
What is a Synoptic Gospel
Synoptic gospels means describing events from a similar view point
matthew luke mark are synoptic
john is not synoptic
What is a gospel
Gospels are the stories of Jesus' life that are found in the new testament. the word itself means-good news
Evangalists
who were they
they were gospel writers and people of faith
Mark
wrote his gospels for roman Christians. Symbol: lion
mark=peters friend close diciple
Luke
written 85-90ad
Wrote his gospel for the Gentile (non jew Christians). symbol: bull
matthew
wrote his for the Jewish cristians. symbol: angel
gospel written 85-90ad
John
written 95ad
non synoptic
written for Christians throughout the MED world. Symbol: eagle
Religion Notes Christianity the kingdom of god