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    The document provides background information on the political and religious context in Judea leading up to the birth of Jesus Christ. It describes how Judea was conquered by various empires including the Romans and ruled by client kings like Herod. It outlines the different religious groups among Jews at the time, including the Sadducees, Pharisees and Essenes, some of whom had messianic expectations. It also notes the stages of gospel formation and importance of the four gospels in providing the complete picture of Christ's life.

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    The document provides background information on the political and religious context in Judea leading up to the birth of Jesus Christ. It describes how Judea was conquered by various empires including the Romans and ruled by client kings like Herod. It outlines the different religious groups among Jews at the time, including the Sadducees, Pharisees and Essenes, some of whom had messianic expectations. It also notes the stages of gospel formation and importance of the four gospels in providing the complete picture of Christ's life.

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    New Testament

    Backdrop

    “The fullness of time”


    Before we get into the New
    Testament
    • Let’s look at the backdrop
    Judah
    • Kept on getting conquered
    • Antiochus had desecrated the
    Temple in 167 BC.
    • In 165 B.C. the Temple was
    purified again.
    • And then…Pompey in 63 B.C.
    (we’ll tell you about him)…entered
    the Temple!!! Defiling it again.
    In 63 B.C.
    • The Romans, under Pompey,
    conquered Judea making it a
    “client Kingdom” of Rome.
    • (They took over and make their
    government a puppet
    government.)
    Rome
    Herod the Great
    • The puppet king from 44 B.C. to about
    0 A.D.
    • Was pretty self important for a puppet
    • He was obsessed with power…killed
    his own sons…jockeyed for Roman
    approval…build lots of stuff so people
    would like him…sold out where ever
    possible…and killed anyone who
    opposed him.
    Mark Ant and Doc. Occ
    • In 31 B.C. The Eastern and Western
    Rulers…Mark Antony and Octavian
    fought for sole control of the emperor.
    • Herod supported Mark Antony, but M.A.
    lost…he then weaseled approval from
    Doc Occ (Octavius) who would then be
    known as the first sole Emperor.
    • Caesar Augustus.
    Under the peace of
    Augustus, Herod
    • Built a whole bunch of stuff.
    • A new palace
    • A market
    • A Theater
    • An Amphitheater
    • And yes….oh yes…you guessed it
    A Temple
    Think there were some problems
    with Herod’s temple?
    Like WHY he built it?
    Like something was
    missing…
    Can you guess what???
    Yup
    There were different parties
    within Judiasm
    Not that kind of party

    oh…sorry
    Sadducees
    • Priestly group associated with temple
    worship (Came from Solomon’s Zadok)
    • They were wealthy and powerful
    • They denied the immortality of the
    soul…
    • And therefore…
    • The resurrection.
    • They denied everything but the TORAH
    also.
    Pharisees
    • Who were actually a reform party…
    • Their name means “explainers”
    • They wanted to live the Torah in
    everyday life and to observe the whole
    law.
    • But they were wrapped up in externals
    and rules…kind of OCD.
    • They did believe in the resurrection
    though…that was good.
    Then you got your Essenes
    • Their name means “The holy”
    • These guys were apolitical and
    separated themselves from Jewish
    society.
    • Q’mron was a community of Essenes.
    • They were sketched out by the Temple
    and thought that they would be defiled
    by temple worship.
    • They were big on the Messianic
    Banquet and awaited the Bar Enesh
    (Son of Man)
    • They regarded all as equal and
    opposed slavery.
    • They often avoided marriage.
    • They were quite interesting
    • Some suggest that John the
    Baptist was one of them.
    Were the Jews waiting for a
    Messiah?
    • Yes!
    • Just a political Messiah?
    • Some…but others…like the
    Essenes…knew that more was in
    store.
    • Sometimes you hear that they
    were all just waiting for a political
    messiah… Some were, but others
    Many, especially the
    Essenes
    • Knew that more was to come.
    • They wanted a Messiah to: deliver
    them, release them and all the
    Gentiles from sin, slavery, and
    death, to gather all into a new
    promised land, and to build a new
    Temple and a New Jerusalem.
    • (Isaiah 11:1, 25:6-8, and 66)
    C.C.C.
    The CCC on the New
    Testament
    • CCC 124…The Word of God is set forth
    in a most wonderful way in the writings
    of the New Testament (quoting DV 17)
    which hand on THE ULTIMATE TRUTH
    of God’s revelation.
    • The central object is JESUS CHRIST.
    • His acts, teachings, Passion, and
    glorification.
    • PLUS…the birth and beginning of the
    Church under the guidance of the Holy
    Spirit.
    Gospels
    • Are the heart of all Scripture…
    because they are the main source
    for the life and teachings of The
    Word incarnate, our savior.
    ( CCC125)
    Three Stages of Gospel
    Formation
    •Life and teaching of
    Jesus
    •Oral tradition
    •Written Gospels
    4444

    4
    Connect Four
    • There are four on Purpose and the
    Church venerates all four. (CCC
    127)
    • Each was written to a different
    audience and emphasizes a
    different aspect of Christ’s life,
    but all four together make a
    complete picture.

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