RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Christian Culture, Ambivalence, Church Fathers
22 Feb 2018
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Although he governed with fundamental authority, local elders made judgements over legal issues. Therefore, there was no signi ant tension during jesus" lifetime. But if you dig a little deeper, you can see this peace is relative and easily disturbed. Galileans wouldn"t think they are oppressed per se during jesus" life time. Prof argues that it is not necessary to view jesus in revolutionary light. Judea was a complete different situation: under herod archelaeus, the whole territory was divided with mixed ethnicities and hierarchies among romans, high priests and local. Roman prefect ruled by distance in caesarea, a coast town on the border. They wouldn"t come unless it was an emergency. Therefore, during jesus" life, there is tension between ethnicities and hierarchies, but not big enough to the level of revolt. In fact, like the lm life of brian, judeans had very mixed feelings about romans: interests and distaste.
