Ramban explains that since members of Edom were the first to embrace Christianity, the whole Roman Empire, which later accepted Christianity, is therefore christened (pun intended) Edom. ... Rashi explains that the four empires are Babel, Persia and Media, the Greeks, and the Romans. ... The effects of this are twofold: first, he felt that the world was still under the rule of the Roman Empire, which had been transformed into a Christian Empire. (Rashi lived in land controlled by the Holy Roman Empire, in fact.) ... Therefore he has a Greco-Roman and then a Moslem empire, leaving out the C...

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While the Pharisees were occupied with Oral Torah, and the traditions of oral communication, the Greco-Roman influence would soon begin to swallow up these ancient traditions. During the prominence of the Greco-Roman culture, scribes began copying oral stories and traditions into print. White explains that, "Once we come to the early Roman period, however, literature was typically produced in written form. ... "Even in highly literary activity, such as that of classical Greece or the Roman Empire, the written text was usually the companion piece of an oral performance, whether in the theater,...

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In fact, most of the antisexual and antihumanism attitudes blamed on Christianity originated in Greek Platonism and Roman Stoicism. ... Galileo was not only a putative adherent of the Roman Christian church, but he resided in its backyard. ... Contrary to the images of Roman orgies popularized by Twentieth Century cartoons and other media, Roman laws forbade such conduct, and the Roman government harshly punished Dionysian conduct wherever it occurred. The Romans maintained a massive number of gods to define and regulate every aspect of life, and most Romans lived very reserved lives. ...

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., when Alexander the Great added Palestine to his empire. ... The Romans set up a local dynasty, the house of Herod, to rule most of Palestine. ... While suppressing a major Jewish revolt, the Romans destroyed the second Temple in 70 C.E. ... From the early fourth century, when Christianity became legal in the Roman empire, Jerusalem developed as a centre of Christian pilgrimage. ( Bahat, 1989, p.230) When Christianity was recognized as a legitimate religion by the Romans, Christians built churches and Christian shrines in Jerusalem. ... Jerusalem was under Roman control until 638 C.E., w...

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With this new protection, Christianity began to spread throughout the Roman Empire. ... This seemingly minor achievement enabled the Christian Bible to be more user friendly to entire Roman Empire for more people were able to understand and read Latin than Greek or Hebrew. With this development, the Christian scriptures and ideals could be preached in every corner of the Roman Empire and the Christian faith could know no boundaries. ...

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This speech was delivered to thousands of people from all over the Roman empire. ... This began persecution against Christians, which led to physical movement and meant that Christians fled into other parts of the empire bringing with them the the word of God. ... In these he concentrated on four Roman provinces and finally travelled to Rome, fulfilling Jesus' commission that the gospel would reach "the ends of the earth". ... Paul usually visited main towns and cities to preach as he felt the word would spread into the countryside, however, Aiden visited everywhere and it was traditio...

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Some of the most dynamic developments took place in the western part of the Roman Empire, which witnessed the growth of the papacy and the migration of the Germanic peoples. ... Finally in 800 an independent Western Empire was born when Pope Leo III crowned Frankish king Charlemagne emperor. ...

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In this discussion, many facets of Judaism will be examined, primarily in the three temporal subdivisions labeled the Tribal / Pre-Monarchy Period, the Divided Monarchy, and the Hasmonean / Maccabean and Roman Era. ... Hasmonean / Maccabean and Roman Era This time period in Jewish history is politically tumultuous, leading to high levels of splits and variations in the religion itself. ...

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Pagels writes that the gospel was written at the end of a three year war between the Jews and the Romans approximately around 69 A.D. ... The social attitude of the Roman Empire was almost completely focused on entertainment and happiness through hedonistic behavior. ...

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They remained a separate entity under the Romans but their independence soon eroded after the unsuccessful revolt of 70 C.E. The destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans was considered more catastrophic than that of the first, but from the ruins emerged the rabbinic movement. ... Abraham is claimed as the founder of the Kaaba, Islam's most sacred shrine- The Jewish emphasis on learning helped to spread knowledge and science in Europe and their "research and zeal contributed largely to the great voyages of discovery . most of the early nautical instruments, as well as t...

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