From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 22:19:42 BST
Steve and all:
Steve said:
> Is anyone sufficiently versed in the social context of Jesus' time that
> they
> could describe the social establishment that Jesus would have been railing
> against (if in fact he was not supporting that establishment)? e.g.
> Double
> taxation, the Saducees, holiness, and the Pharisees and other reactions to
> the problem of being a Jew under Roman occupation.
>
DMB says:
I'm not sure we need tons of detail about the social context. People
who support the status quo are usually not crucified. It seems sufficient to
know that he was considered a threat to those who were in charge and that he
excited those who were not in positions of authority.
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