Comparisees And Scribes In The Beginning Of The New Testament

The beginning of the New Testament is like the beginning of a “new world” because the historical, societal and cultural background has changed a lot since the Old Testament. We start to ask questions about what has happened. Some differences include; Pharisees and Scribes are now part of the New Testament, there are new groups and situations, it is never mentioned that Jesus grew up in Nazareth in the Old Testament, and the New Testament is written in Greek instead of Hebrew like the Old Testament. The start of Acts chapter 13 also starts a “new world”. As the gospel goes on the Jewish roots enter the Gentile world. 538 BC marks the start of the Second Temple Period in Palestine. It is called that because it is when the rebuilding of the temple started in Ezra chapter six. The temple was not completed until 515 BC. The Persian period was the start of the contemporary thinking. The Persians will take control over a lot of land and be the most expansive empire at that point in time because of King Darius. The Palestinian empire had religious freedom for all people as long as they were loyal to the empire. This allowed the Jews to go back to their ancient religion. God was the one who helped the Jews reestablish their religious practices. Before an empire can be destroyed on the outside it must be failing on the inside first. The

His explanation for taking it over was to protect the Greeks. It took three battles to defeat the Persians. He believed that the Greek culture was more important than the ancient near east culture. Until about 100 years ago everything we know about the Persians came from the Greeks. Greeks were thought of as lazy, stupid, and immoral, they felt as if they were superior. Alexander never impacted the Jews, he respected them and what they believed. 323 BC Alexander the Great dies and generals take over till Ptolemy’s and Seleucids began to fight for