2.19 What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us?

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 693 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Rome created an efficient economic system that enabled even middle-strata Judeans to buy goods from far-distant places. Rome introduced new social structures, the patron-client system, and the household headed by the pater familias. The Jews created their own system of governance under the Roman rulers. They also created the synagogue. Jewish religion transformed itself. God became more numinous, while Satan turned into a person. Jews came up with a definite concept of a life after death.

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0:00.0	Gide. I'm Gary Stevens. And welcome to the second series of the History in the Bible podcast. More of the history in more of the books in all the Bibles.
0:19.9	Episode 2.19.
0:23.4	What have the Romans ever done for us?
0:26.4	Judaism in the Pax Romana.
0:29.4	Happy Easter, Pesok Samech, 2018.
0:34.0	Welcome to the third anniversary episode
0:36.9	and one millionth download of the History in the Bible podcast.
0:42.3	All thanks to you, my wonderful discerning listeners.
0:47.3	I have a minor announcement.
0:50.8	Since this podcast began in March 2015, with my first season, which was on the Old Testament,
0:59.4	I have released an episode every fortnight. I put a lot of effort into researching every word I write.
1:08.1	I hope it shows. A new job leaves me less time for research for my second and final season on the New Testament.
1:18.5	To make sure that my release schedule doesn't outpace my research efforts, I've decided to slow down my publication timetable.
1:28.9	From now until the end of 2018, I will publish episodes every three weeks, not every two.
1:37.6	My next episode will appear on Sunday the 22nd of April, when I plunge into Judean life after Herod the Great.
1:47.0	But I digress. Back to the show.
1:52.0	In the last two episodes, I showed how the academic discoveries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries transformed the study of the New Testament.
2:04.6	Let's get back to the history.
2:07.8	How did the Jews live under the Romans?
2:11.6	In what sort of world was Christianity born?
2:16.4	By Herod's death in 4 BC,
2:20.0	the Romans had dominated the Eastern Mediterranean for 60 years.
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