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Political, Social & Religious System in Palestine (Para: 1), Religious…
Political, Social & Religious System in Palestine (Para: 1)
During the time of Jesus, Judaism was constantly being challenged internally and externally.
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The Jewish people value there land very highly due to them believing that land is a sign of covenant with them.
The jewish during the first century Palestine believed that the land that they owned and its produce belonged to God.
This meant that the Jewish thought that for them to give away their land to the Romans to pay taxes would be unfaithful to God.
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Religious System
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This was the complete opposite of what the Jewish were, they are monotheistic.
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This resulted in the first century of Christian Era being full of tension and nervousness, especially due to the separate political and religious life of the Jewish people.
During first century Palestine, Palestine was in great turmoil due to it being first influenced by the Persians, then the Greeks.
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When the Romans first arrived, Palestine was reeling from the multiple centuries of occupation.
Palestine was once again an occupied country under foreign rule, resulting in the Jewish thinking of themselves as the chosen people by God under attack.
While this was ongoing many different groups formed with in Judaism, with the goal of ending the conflict.
Religious System
in 63BCE, the Romans colonised Palestine, their new policy was to appoint native rulers to different regions if necessary.
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When 'Herod the Great' died in 4BCE, he split his land up into 3 portions and gave it to his children.
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These two regions were full of restless people, making it very hard for Herod to keep control of the region.
Herod had a 'tyrannical' leadership style which meant that he inflicted great fear into the population of his areas.
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