Chapter 3: The Death Of Jesus

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Greek

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Language of the city-dwellers

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Hebrew Scriptures

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Old Testament

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Gentiles

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“The nations”; the other peoples of the world

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The Temple

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30 acre shrine

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Apocalyptic literature

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Shows visions of heaven and hell, as well as strange catastrophes coming to the enemies of God. Mostly created because of the Romans

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Psalms of Solomon

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Talked about the coming Messiah and claimed he would be military

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4 Jewish Sects in Jesus’ time

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• Sadducees: acted as priests in the Temple, believed all Jews should worship at the Temple
• Essenes: monk-like pious Jews who lived in the desert. Claimed they were the only true Jews because the rest had been corrupted by the Gentiles
• Pharisees: pious laymen who insisted upon very close observation of the Law of Moses and enforced customs
• Zealots: wanted to begin a war with the Romans. AKA Sicaraii