HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Herodian Dynasty, Jesus Movement, Religious Pluralism
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Jews and the roman empire in the first century: a. b. Intro for next week: the multilingual context and problems of vocabulary. Does not think of himself as starting a new religion. Phrase that refers to first couple of decades that jesus was really important but was not clear yet that this was going to be a new world religion. Moment when christianity is still a movement within judaism. As more gentiles get into christianity, they shift their perspectives. Most jews do not change over to christianity. Jewish communities scattered all throughout the roman empire. Rome allows a certain amount of religious freedom and cultural autonomy. Allow people to preserve their traditions and people are less likely to revolt. Allowed them to keep a line of jewish kings to rule in palestine. Responsible for making things stay quiet because he has to answer to the romans. Wants to suppress jesus" movement because he is afraid it will lead to revolt.
