RLG100Y1 Lecture : Christianity Movie notes These notes are taken from the movie that RLG100 students watched for christianity. It explains a whole lot about christianity, its origin, and early structure. The movie is made through a historical-critical perspective.
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The place and times in which jesus grew up: rome ruled jesus" homeland. Jesus" social class and indicate galilee was a hotbed of radicalism. Augustis cesar claimed son of a god. Included palestine and judea, where jesus was born and grew. Jesus was born in nazareth near the sea of galilee. Recent archaeological discoveries at sepphoris: discoveries made us unsure of the belief of jesus" social economic setting, as the discoveries show, jesus was quite involved with the modern life, scholars question jesus being the humble carpenter. Calling someone a carpenter is not to show respect, but to degrade. Jesus most likely went to sepphoris to earn his living. You couldn"t deal either in market or workplace without knowing greek. Judaism was completely jewish: born of jewish mother, all friends were jews, worshipped in jewish synagogues, preached from jewish texts.
