The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation

Lecture 3: The First Cultural Context—Judaism

Barclay, Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora.

Cohen, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah.

1. In what ways was the Judaism of the 1st century different from the
   religion of ancient Israel?


2. How did the powerful influences of Greek and Roman culture help
   shape the Judaism within which Christianity emerged?

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