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I. Intro

II. The Jews and the Messiah
A. Jewish origin
1. From Arabian Desert 2000 BC
2. People Beyond the river
3. Led by Abraham
i. Covenant (descendants great and many)
4. Monolaterist (tribal God)
5. Egalitarianism (everyone equal)
B. Jewish migration
1. Southern Mesopotamia
2. Northern Mesopotamia
3. Southern Cannan
4. Joseph (descendent of abraham) becomes egyptian slave
5. Jews enslaved
C. The Exodus
1. Led by Moses in 1700 BCE
2. Massive invasion bye Hyksos
3. In 1500 Egyptians beat the Hyksos out
4. Chased through the Reed Sea
5. Scriptures say 600,000 jewish me but highly unlikely (same size of Egyptian civilization
6. No records/artifacts
D. The foundations of Judaism
1. Worshiped in moveable structure called tabernacle
2. Taken care by Levites who also imposed "Gods laws"
3. Social Laws formed
4. Enslave the Amorites and Philistines
E. First Nation of Israel
1. First king is Saul (1020-1000 BCE)
2. David is second king (1000-962 BCE)
i. Makes Jerusalem the capital
ii. Constructs first temple
3. Israel splits
i. South- conservative and rich
ii. North- polytheistic, inter married, poorer
F. Assyria and Babylon cause change in interpretation of torah
1. Worship in home
2. Followed Gods laws not sacrifice
3. Pharisees know 613 laws and scripture (not only jewish) very well--interpretation becomes talmud
4. Zoroastrianism from under rule of Cyrus (Persian) develops idea of after life and an evil force (satan)
5. Jews are spread making God omnipresent
6. Gods new plan is to spread Judaism
7. Covenant reassured through Messiah
III. Knowledge of Jesus
A. Gospels chosen in 397 BC by council of carthage
0.170 CE Irenaeus started canonizing the 27 gospels to unify the church and its message.
1. non canonical gospels condemned as heresy and destroyed
2. Four Canonical Gospels
3. Mark (60-80AD)
i. Pro-Roman
ii. Disciples not the brightest
iii. Mistakes in Geography (Not jewish)
4. Luke & Matthew (80-100AD)
i. Copied mostly from book of Mark
ii. Synoptic
iii. Daily life of Jesus
5. John (100-120AD) in Samaria north of Judaea(?)
i. More philosophical
ii. Anti-Synoptic
iii. Clear understanding of Jewish laws
B. Jesus Birth (4 BC)
1. Born in Bethlehem
2. Linage of Joseph to Abraham
3. Escaped to Egypt
4. Son of the Virgin Mary
5. Father (Joseph) was a "Techne" (Poor)
C. Jesus' Life & teachings
1. Teaching from 30-33 BC
2. Worked Miracles
i. Healed cripples
ii. Gave sight to the blind
iii. walked on water
iv. turned water to wine
v. Raised the dead
3. Used Parables which end i morals
i. Love
ii. Forgiveness
4. Used Aphorisms "the first is the last and the last is the first"
5. Taught Millenarianism
i. Lead to asceticism because material is not important in death
6. After life- Kingdom of God
D. Jesus' Death
1. Rode to Jerusalem on a donkey (Zecnarisah's prophecy)
2. Cleansed the temple by tossing the tables of the merchants
3. Attracted lots of attention (scared Sedducees)
i. Want status quo
ii. Animal sacrifice
iii. No Messiah
iv. Keep people undercontrol
4. The romans also feared Jesus
i. Possible revolt
ii. Demand for throne
iii. Backing of population
5. Caiaphas (High priest) asks for Jesus execution
6. Pilate doesn't want to be involved (doesn't want the blame)
7. Changes mind
8. Jesus is crucified friday and dies sunday
9. Resurrects himself

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