GRST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Oil Lamp, Early Christianity

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Lindsay Gayle Driediger- Murphy

Document Summary

Figure in mosaic is jesus christ (the person that christians worshipped) Messiah (means anointed one, or saviour sent by jewish god: now jesus" followers are saying he was their saviour, and they began to argue that jesus had to die in order to save human beings. Mass produced terracotta oil lamp with the chi-rho symbol. The earliest followers of jesus were jews. Modern monument in kavala (ancient neapolis) commemorating paul"s first landing in europe. Greek and roman converts bring new ideas and influences to christianity. From ad 66-70, jews rebelled against the roman empire. In ad 70, the romans destroyed jerusalem and penalized jews: modern painting depicting what battle may have looked like, there was a special tax that jews had to pay to romans, just for being. Jews because of their revolt: in the later 1st c. ad it is a very difficult time to be a jew. Romans are suspicious of jews and their religion.