PALESTINE DURING JESUS’ TIME AND

JESUS AND THE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS

 TODAY’S SESSION…

❑Palestine During Jesus’ Time

❑Jesus and the Jewish Institutions
•Read pp. 36-40 of your text book “Called
to Meet Christ in Scripture, Church and the
Sacraments” –Jesus and the People of His
Time
•Come prepared and be ready for
discussion.
•Prepare a checkup activity
GAL GADOT OMRI CASSPI GAL MEKEL

They all came from Israel,

the same country where Jesus
lived 2,000 years ago.
QUEZON’S GAME
This is a true story about how
President Quezon saved over a
thousand Jewish people from
the Holocaust by providing
them shelter in the Philippines.
GATHERING.The Frieders brothers and former President Manuel
Quezon at Mariquina Hall, April 23, 1940. Photo courtesy of
American Public Television
The Philippines, first Catholic Christian nation in Asia,
was the only Asian nation that voted for the rebirth of
Israel, the biblical “Promised Land,” during a special
assembly of the United Nations on November 29,
1947.
This led to the proclamation of the State of Israel in
1948,
The Treaty of Friendship was signed between the two
countries on February 26, 1958
 A long time ago, the
name of the land where
Israelites have lived and
its boundaries were
changed many times.

That land was called

PALESTINE
 PALESTINE DURING JESUS’ TIME AND
JESUS AND THE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS
PALESTINE DURING
THE TIME OF JESUS
1c. During the Roman
empire the land was
divided into several
regions, including
Judea and Galilee
PALESTINE DURING
THE TIME OF JESUS
2. Among Jews
themselves, there were
religious differences,
class conflicts, protest
movements and
disunity.
 It was in this
context that
Jesus preach and
this background
will help us
understand Jesus’
message.
 JEWISH
INSTITUTION
SYNAGOGUE
AND TEMPLE

Places of worship/centers of
Jewish religious instructions
Places where Jesus pray to His Father
SYNAGOGUE
AND TEMPLE

Synagogues housed sacred

scrolls which were taken care of
by the elders of the community
SYNAGOGUE
AND TEMPLE

Place for prayer and legal decision making

The temple is the place of sacrificial
offerings
 JEWISH
PRAYER LIFE
A Jew prays 3 times a
day – morning, 3 o’clock
in the afternoon, evening

At dawn and nightfall,

they recite the Shema
Dt 6:4-5 – their
declaration of faith
DAY OF REST AND WORSHIP
– they remembered all that God had
done.
They are reciting the Shema and followed
by the Eighteen benedictions – praise,
petition, thanksgiving, scripture reading and
homily
JEWISH FESTIVAL

Communal in
character to
expressed their unity
as one nation being
called by God into a
covenant.
JEWISH
FESTIVAL
Passover –
their greatest
feast, their
liberation
from Egypt
TORAH

The Law – the

first five books of
the Old Testament
TORAH

Greek name is
Pentateuch –
“penta” means five
and “teauchos”
means implement
TORAH
The heart of
Jewish religion
TORAH
•It dominates Jewish
history, culture,
morality and
worship – ways to
spiritual growth
TORAH
•To study and obey
the Torah is a form
of worship and a
lifelong vocation for
the Jews.
The thing to focus
on is Jesus’ words
and deeds that
give eternal life.
ARE THERE SOCIAL
ISSUES DURING JESUS’
TIME THAT ARE SIMILAR
TO OUR CURRENT
EVENTS?
LOCATE BIBLICAL
PASSAGES ABOUT
JESUS THE JEW.
 IDENTIFICATION
1. What is the meaning of the word Palestine?
2. What is the Jew’s place of worship?
3. What is the heart of temple worship?
4. What do they recite to express their declaration of
faith?
5. How do the Jews celebrate Sabbath day?
6. What is the greatest feast of the Jews?
7. What is the Greek name of the “Law”
8. What is the Jewish name of the “Law”
9. What is the heart of Jewish religion?
10. Name one of the books of the “Law”.