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A 14 page paper that presents a chapter by chapter summary of the book The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity by James Jeffers. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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explains the history of the Jews. The host tells you that in order to understand the world around you, you must understand some things about the Romans and launches into
a discussion of their history, including how the Greek culture influenced the Roman culture. After explaining all this, the host asks a pertinent question. Would you fight a battle you
would surely lose because no one can beat the Romans or would you accept the situation and continue in the beliefs and practices the Roman government allowed? And, remember, it
is more peaceful in that region now since King Davids rein. The author discusses life and death in the first century in Chapter 2. In that century, the people
who had the greatest respect were people who accumulated wealth through agriculture. They also had great respect for lawyers, who like today, often go into politics. They thought trade was
a dirty business. Interestingly, may slaves and former slaves were the best artisans. They had about the same schemas that has existed through time which is that agriculture was in
the country and manufacturing was in the city. The Gospels report this in many places. As the author reports, these verses can be found in Matthew 21:33-41; Mark 12:1-9; Luke
20:9-16. Slave gangs were often used by large landowners. The author points out that this custom would have existed during Jesus life. The concept of the shepherd is used frequently
to identify Christ who says that He is the Good Shepherd and, in time, He will be the shepherd over all of Gods saved people. This is found through John,
Hebrews, Peter and Acts. Peter writes that the elders are the under-shepherds of Christ with Christ as the Chief. It is a metaphor we find in the Old Testament as
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