® How does the rise of Christianity occur? The Rise of Christianity The rise of Christianity began when roman power spread to Judea, the home of the Jews in 63b.c. Some Jews allied with the romans and accepted their plans to change Jerusalem. For example the ruler Herod, who angered many Jews. When he died the Jews began to revolt against roman influence.
Compare/contrast the circumstances of persecution the Hebrews endured in Exodus and Psalm 137 For centuries Israel was caught between Egypt’s and Mesopotamia’s fights for control of its land. During this time, Israel’s poets, priests, and prophets assembled the Hebrew Scriptures, which is also called the Old Testament by Christians and consists of a collection of literature, history, religious and cultural material of the Jewish people. The Bible gives special and similar attention to Israel's fate during the Exodus from Egypt and the Babylonian Exile, but, while the circumstances of these historical periods are different, both, however, have had a profound effect on the on the religion and traditions of the Jewish nation. The Book of Exodus describes the first exile of the Hebrew people when their nomadic tribes were enslaved by the Egyptians between 1500-1300 B.C.E. (p. 127).
Herod the Great, Herod I was born approximately 73-74 BCE in Idumea, Edom. Herod I became king of the Jews in 37 BCE, ending the Hasmonean rule that was in place for over a century. He was a client king to the Romans meaning that although he ruled his assigned region he ultimately answered to Rome and the emperor. He practiced Judaism and was considered by himself to be a Jew but the observant national Jews didn’t consider him as such. Herod would be remembered as many things; the greatest builder in Jewish history, one of the most ruthless Jewish leaders in their existence, and starter of a new dynasty to name just a few.
Constantine included Christianity along without alienating other religions. This wasn’t viewed as unusual; the Roman culture was typically accepting of other religions. It was the previous Emperor “Dioclestian” that instigated Christian persecution. In ancient Egypt “Akhenaten” was viewed as the persecutor of the Old Gods, first demoting them and finally eliminating them. When he and his co-ruler died, “Tutankamun” became Pharaoh and the priesthood resumed control of their temples.
Emperor Nero of Rome and the persecution of Christians A generation after the death of Christ, Christianity had reached Rome in the form of an obscure offshoot of Judaism popular among the city's poor and destitute. Members of this religious sect spoke of the coming of a new kingdom and a new king. These views provoked suspicion among the Jewish authorities who rejected the group and fear among the Roman authorities who perceived these sentiments as a threat to the Empire. In the summer of 64, Rome suffered a terrible fire that burned for six days and seven nights consuming almost three quarters of the city. The people accused the Emperor Nero for the devastation claiming he set the fire for his own amusement.
Rome’s emperors contradicted each other many times in history, not the least of which on the topic of Christianity. ``Some of the Roman emperors persecuted the Christians and murdered them but then Constantine came around and adopted it as Rome’s religion`` (Source: Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church). The way the different emperors of Rome jumped between religions made their citizens have less faith in them and not letting the citizens not know what to belief in destroyed unity in Rome. The adoption of Christianity disconnected the falling Western Roman Empire further from the thriving Byzantine Empire (Source: history-world.org/churchseperate.htm). This is significant because the Romans could have learned a lot from the Byzantine.
To some the experiment seemed like a complete failure but in reality Zimbardo proved his point within six days of his experiment. Zimbardo’s article maybe seems to be about how good people do bad things, but it’s really about situational power and how too much power can be abused. I agree with Zimbardo’s argument because there has been many cases were power has been abused, but I feel like he could of used a better example such as, Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust seem like the perfect example of situational power and power being abused. The Holocaust was segregation and extermination of the Jews.
They were told to execute them because according to Hitler, anyone that isn’t German is a Jew and as we all know Hitler disliked Jews. Also they just did not kill the Jews, but they had a very big role in deporting them for eastern and western Europe to the Germans concentration camp. Browning portrays these men as ordinary men. This group of men consisted mostly of working class, middle aged men from Hamburg. These men all went through their formative period before the Nazis came into power.
He believed that “Hitler served as a divine instrument for the reconstruction of modern Jewish life.” In his mind it was clear that the death of 6 million Jews took place because as a community, Jews are responsible for each other’s actions and there had been enough sin for God to take necessary action. This is a very extreme response and it would be difficult to find many people supporting
“Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long, the man responsible for immigration policy, personified a tradition of gentlemanly anti-Semitism. Polite on the surface but deeply bigoted, Long used his authority over visas to place obstacles in the way of desperate Jewish refugees” (Davidson, Delay, et. al., 2008, p.791). People who had power in Congress ignored the requests of the Jews. The U.S. State Department delayed publicizing reports of genocide.