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1st general observation of the Gentile World: people were ready for change
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1st general observation of the Jewish World: the people were devoted to one God and to his law
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2nd general observation of the Gentile World: people cared about their personal destiny
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2nd general observation of the Jewish World: Many Jews longed for a Messiah
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3rd general observation of the Gentile World: people were becoming less ethnic and more universal in their religious beliefs
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3rd general observation of the Jewish World: Most Jews were influenced by Greek culture
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4th general observation of the Gentile World: people saw little need to be devoted to just one god
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4th general observation of the Jewish World: Before the destruction of the temple, Judaism was diverse.
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came mostly from the middle class: Pharisees
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center of Jewish life: synagogue
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considered a patriotic duty, a pledge of allegiance: emperor worship
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Demeter, Isis, Dionysus, Cybele, and Mithra: Mystery religions
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descendants of those from the northern kingdom of Israel: Samaritans
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disappeared from history, in 70 A.D.: Sadducees
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ethnically and religiously segregated: Samaritans
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grew out of the Hasidim: Essenes
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Jewish revolutionaries; dedicated overthrow Roman rule: Zealots
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Jews were those who lived outside of the land of Israel: Jews of the diaspora
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Many scholars believe that they were the religious group that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essenes
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Many Scribes: were Pharisees
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material world was evil; spiritual world was good: Gnosticism
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more popular gods in the 1st century (e.g.. god of healing): Asclepius
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most famous Hellenistic Jew: Philo of Alexandria
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no formal membership: people of the land
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only accepted the authority of the law of Moses: Sadducees
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oral traditions of the rabbis: Pharisees
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own version of the Pentateuch: Samaritans
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person at death move from earth to heaven...secret knowledge and passwords: Gnosticism
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Pharisees: separated ones
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Pharisees looked down on: people of the land
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Philosophy: fate: Stoicism
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Philosophy: individual truth: Skepticism
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Philosophy: personal freedom, ridiculed: Cynicism
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Philosophy: pleasure: Epicureanism
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Pias Ones: Pharisees
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practiced Judaism...unwilling to undergo the full law: God-fearers
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rejected supernatural ideas: Sadducees
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retained both their Jewish faith and Jewish culture: Hebraists
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retained their Jewish faith, but took on Greek culture: Hellenists
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usually included a basic myth, public festivals, and secret initiations and rites: Mystery religions
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were full converts: Gentile proselytes
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were no longer received received religious devotion from most people: the old gods
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were the masses of common people in Israel: people of the land