THE 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jesus Movement, Messiah In Judaism, Jewish Diaspora

• School: St. John's University
• Department: THE - THEOLOGY
• Course: THE 1050
• Professor: Khan

Document Summary

Hebrew bible, jews know what to do with it. Christians needed jesus to know what to do with the bible. Israel the promised land for the jews: today its near the city of jerusalem. The descendants of the hebrews that developed the nation israel, the sons of abraham, that nation was destroyed in 500 bc by their enemies. The survivors of that disaster were scattered around the world, at that time the near east, today (2500yrs later) the whole world those people are known as jews: they are now called the jewish diaspora. Jews" are for those that live in diaspora. The jews were treated kindly by the roman empire. They were a different people and wanted to stay as such: that was tested during the 20"s ad. Where they believe that their messiah is the jewish. Jesus left the jordan area after the death of john, to continue to the movement.