The Tumultuous 60s Lecture

________- not well liked and blamed for the fire in Rome.

________- led four legions to retake Jerusalem and went back to Rome to lead.

________- Jews at the ready, at all times, to fight their enemies.

________- tall plateau where Jews fled and could defend themselves against the Romans.

________= evil- the Earth, trees, your flesh is evil because it is physical.

________ in Caesarea- The Greeks celebrated a trial win against Jews too raucously and Roman guards let them attack Jews.

________- Where Christians hid during the Jewish War.

________- The patriarch of every family killed their own family and then drew straws on who would kill the others and then themselves.

________- God created "eons- "spirit beings, the dome holds the world, our bodies were a prison to our souls.

________- Very diverse belief structures (some avoided all pleasure, some fully embraced pleasure)

________- Asia minor, mentioned in New Testament and Timothy may have been a bishop (Greek Orthodox)

________- the body of Jesus was an illusion.

________- Paul, Apollos, Peter, John, Cephas, Epaphroditus, etc.

________- Bible of the first century; Greek translation of the Hebrew Tanakh; contained the Apocrypha.

________= good- God is 100 % ________, therefore good.

________- seen as special and later seen on equal level to the Septuagint.

________- Reject Paul and his teachings, Law is dear to them and still observed, Jesus is the Messiah and not God, monotheism, venerate James and Peter, accept only Matthews Gospel, rejected the virgin birth.

________ was Violent- Christians were thrown to the lions because they were Christians, Nero would impale Christians on poles and leave them lining the path to his house, Nero would throw dinner parties and use Christians as human torches when it got dark, Christians would be chained in a field and wild dogs would be released on them as entertainment.

Oppressed by ________ and Romans- ________ do not see them as ________, Romans do not distinguish between Christians and ________.

________- aka Tradition of the Apostles.

________- aka Judaizers, Elkesaites, Nazoreans.

________ was Limited to Rome- not a widespread persecution.

Paul

64 CE

not well liked and blamed for the fire in Rome

Nero was vacationing in Italy and then went back to Rome to organize after the fire

Nero had soldiers set fire to Rome behind him while playing the violin for drama

Nero had set fire to Rome while performing a play about the fall of Try

Nero set fire to the portion of Rome because he wanted to redo it and wouldnt get money to do so

the Christians set fire to Rome (Nero did this because a portion of Rome that did not burn was lived in by many Christians)

marginalized group after Claudius reign and an easy target

Nero wanted to serve "justice" to the Christians

not a widespread persecution

Christians were thrown to the lions because they were Christians, Nero would impale Christians on poles and leave them lining the path to his house, Nero would throw dinner parties and use Christians as human torches when it got dark, Christians would be chained in a field and wild dogs would be released on them as entertainment

The Greeks celebrated a trial win against Jews too raucously and Roman guards let them attack Jews

Word gets to Jerusalem and Zealots begin attacking Romans; The High Priest comes to power and talk of the Messiah coming again to restore Israel happens more often

they were hid in Pella

Jews at the ready, at all times, to fight their enemies

Retook Jerusalem

led four legions to retake Jerusalem and went back to Rome to lead

Vespasians son, took over role of conquering

70 CE

The temple was destroyed, pillars of Christian faith dead, Jews are exiled in the world

The only things Romans left of the temple

tall plateau where Jews fled and could defend themselves against the Romans

Engineers built an dirt ramp so soldiers could march up and kidnap the Jews

The patriarch of every family killed their own family and then drew straws on who would kill the others and then themselves

Where Christians hid during the Jewish War

Jews do not see them as Jews, Romans do not distinguish between Christians and Jews

Grow large enough in Jerusalem to take over the church

Most to Sinai Peninsula and some to Northern Africa (remaining Hebrew Christians join others when Hellenists takeover the church)

aka Judaizers, Elkesaites, Nazoreans

Some more conservative than others

Reject Paul and his teachings, Law is dear to them and still observed, Jesus is the Messiah and not God, monotheism, venerate James and Peter, accept only Matthews Gospel, rejected the virgin birth

"knowledge"

the Earth, trees, your flesh is evil because it is physical

God is 100% spirit, therefore good

the body of Jesus was an illusion

Very diverse belief structures (some avoided all pleasure, some fully embraced pleasure)

Alexandria, Antioch, Ephesus, Rome

Egypt, first Christian seminary (Catholic Church)

Next to Jerusalem, launch point for Paul (Church of the East)

Asia minor, mentioned in New Testament and Timothy may have been a bishop (Greek Orthodox)

Italy, Peter and Paul martyred there (Latin Church/Roman Catholic Church)

Bible of the first century; Greek translation of the Hebrew Tanakh; contained the Apocrypha

seen as special and later seen on equal level to the Septuagint

Paul, Apollos, Peter, John, Cephas, Epaphroditus, etc

aka Tradition of the Apostles