Herod Antipas

In due course, Herod the Great (Antipas and Philip) transforms the Jewish territory into a thriving Roman Judea; from a rough, largely agricultural land, to one boasting with modern cities, roads, aqueducts and harbors. Particularly, the city of Caesarea Philippi became an eventful center for the Greek-Roman culture; known for its prestigious status as the capital city of Herod Philip and its substantial gentile population. Hence, these facts demonstrate how commonplace pagan beliefs were among

• The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen is a fictional narrative about a Jewish merchant, Andreas, searching for information about a group of people known as Essenes, John the Baptist, and Jesus of Nazareth. While traveling through Jerusalem Andreas was imprisoned by the Romans thinking he was a part of a demonstration against Polite when his mission was to find Jesus. Andreas writes, “I never met Jesus on my travels through Galilee. I just found traces of him everywhere: anecdotes and stories

The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form. By Gerd Theissen. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007, 212 pp., $15.50. The writer, Theissen, truly engages the reader to really look at things in a more logical manner by painting a scenario of what life might have been like when Jesus walked among us. His use of descriptive language to describe locations and atmospheres, allows the reader to vividly recreate and see these images and feel as though you have traveled back

Spilling down a slope overlooking Jerusalem, the Peace Forest symbolizes the unity of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War, harmony between Arab and Jewish people and the hope for peace in a land birthed and raised in turmoil. Here, the city plants a tree for EVERY child born in Jerusalem. According to Moshe Rivlin, who served as chairman of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) until his death in 2004, "In most countries people are born to forests, and forests are given to them by nature. But here in this

http://www.thebluediamondgallery.com/tablet/images/claim.jpg We're all here on this earth using what we have. We've been taught that things we are given are ours solely to use for our own personal use and so we identify that with ownership. For instance when you're born there is a piece of paper created and somewhere along the way someone hands it to you and you believe that's yours. You're told what your name is. It's that is also yours but the thing about it is its intellectual property. It's owned

Roman control. Other roles included: 1. Collection of Taxes: (Acts 5:37 Luke 2:2) 2. Overseer of the Building Projects: 3. Maintaining Law and Order- Pilate had the supreme judicial authority within his province PONTIUS PILATE’ ASSOCIATION WITH HEROD And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other. (Luke 23:12) INCIDENTS

Written in approximately 63 AD, the Gospel of Luke teaches many lessons that are still applicable today. Luke, who is also the suspected author of Acts, was an eyewitness to many of Jesus’s miraculous works. Both Luke and Acts are addressed to a man named Theophilus, which means lover of God. Luke wanted Theophilus to have certainty in the truth of Christ, so Luke gave him an account from a trustworthy author. In Luke 18:6-8, Jesus encourages the disciples to pray faithfully and ceaselessly. Verses

Introduction The parable of the Pharisee and tax collector in Luke 18 is a cautionary story that Jesus teaches to a specific crowd of people. In it he deals with humility, righteousness, and justification. The parable describes two different types of people whose occupations are very familiar to any of Jesus’ audience, a Pharisee and a tax collector. The significance of this parable is that it is aimed at a certain type of person, which gives it the ability to be applied outside of Jesus’ immediate

The second criticism I enjoyed was looking at the political ideological lens. Also, having a BS in Political Science with minors in International relations and Pre-Law, this criticism fully caught my attention. This lens focuses on the resistance of Jesus in his time to motivate Christians today to stand against institutionalized power that often disenfranchises and demeans the opportunity to obtain the American dream. When viewing the New Testament, we must be honest in evaluating the aspects that

FROM OUTSIDE THE CAMP TO WITHIN THE KINGDOM: NARRATIVE CHRISTOLOGY IN LUKE 17:11-19 In Luke 17, Jesus is somewhere along his journey to Jerusalem when he encounters ten lepers in need of healing. As is expected, he heals them and sends them away. However, the story takes a sudden shift toward the unexpected. One man returns. The man’s identity is even more unexpected. Luke halts the story to inform readers that he is a Samaritan, a “foreign breed.” The Samaritan falls at the feet of Jesus, worshiping