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16 Cards in this Set
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Caesar Augustus
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(27 BC – AD 14), Luke 2:1, “under whom occurred the birth of Jesus, the census connected with his birth, and the beginning of emperor-worship.”
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Tiberius Caesar
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(AD 14 – 37), Luke 3:1, “under whom Jesus publicly ministered and died” amulet on Shroud of Turin victim.
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Caligula
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(AD 37 – 41) “who demanded worship of himself and ordered his statue placed in the temple at Jerusalem, but who died before the order was carried out.”
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Claudius
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(AD 41-54), Acts 11:12; 18:2 “famine, who expelled Jewish residents from Rome, among them Aquila and Priscilla [Acts 18:12], for civil disturbance.”
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Nero
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(AD 54-68), Acts 25:10-12; 27:24; 2 Tim 4:16-17 “who persecuted Christians, probably only in Rome, and under whom Peter and Paul were martyred, trial of Paul.”
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Vespasian
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(AD 69-79) “who as a general began to crush a Jewish revolt, returned to Rome to become emperor, and left completion of the military task to his son, Titus, whose army destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in AD 70.”
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Domitian
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Domitian (AD 81-96) “whose persecution of the church may have provided a background for Revelation, written to encourage oppressed Christians.”
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Pharisees
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“a Jewish religious group characterized by strict adherence to the Old Testament commandments, a great concern for ritual purity, and close observance of the traditions of the elders (rabbinic oral tradition).”
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Sadducees
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a Jewish religious group tied to the priestly aristocracy which rejected the oral tradition. For them, only the five books of Moses were authoritative
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Essenes
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a Jewish religious group characterized by asceticism, rejection of the corrupt priestly religious leaders, and commitment to purity.
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Zealots
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(The Fourth Philosophy or Revolutionaries) – a Jewish group committed to restoring Jewish political independence by violent means.
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Herodians
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a small minority of influential Jews who supported the Herodian dynasty, and by implication, the Romans, who had put the Herods in charge.
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Scribes
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In Second Temple Judaism, a class of professional interpreters and teachers of the law.
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The People of the LAnd
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the Am ha-Eretz. the vast majority of Israelites at the time of Jesus. Though not members of the above groups, their sympathies were apparently with the Pharisees.
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Samaritans
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descendants of the intermarriages between Jewish persons and persons the Assyrians sent to repopulate the land after the fall of Samaria in 722.
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Themes and Theology of Matthew
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1) Belief in one true God: Creation, Providential, Covenantal
2) God has chosen Israel 3) God as provided a way to live 4) God has the People a Land, Focused in the Temple 5) Hope for the Future |
