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-	Most scholars who study the [[Historical Jesus]] and [[Early Christianity]] believe that the [[Canonical Gospels]] and life of [[Jesus]] must be viewed as firmly placed within his historical and cultural context, rather than purely in terms of Christian [[orthodoxy]]. They look at the "forces" which were in play regarding the Jewish culture at that time, and the tensions, trends, and changes in the region under the [[Hellenistic Judaism|influence of Hellenism]] and the [[Iudaea Province|Roman occupation]].	+
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-	Thus, the cultural and historical context of Jesus is that of 1st century [[Galilee]] and [[Roman Judea]], and the traditions of [[Second Temple Judaism]].	+
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-	By [[Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC)|Pompey's 63 BCE siege of Jerusalem]], the partially [[Hellenized]] territory had come under [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] imperial rule as a valued crossroads to trading territories and [[buffer state]] against the [[Parthian Empire]]. Beginning in 6 CE, Roman [[prefect]]'s were appointed whose first duty to Rome was to maintain order through a political appointee the [[List of High Priests of Israel#High Priest under Herodians and Romans|High Priest]]. After the uprising during the [[Census of Quirinius]] (6 CE) and before [[Pilate]] (26 CE), in general, [[Iudaea province|Roman Judea]] was peaceful and self-managed, although [[riot]]s, sporadic rebellions, and [[Zealotry|violent resistance]] were an ongoing risk. The [[History of the Jews in the Roman Empire|conflict between the Jews' demand for religious independence and Rome's efforts to impose a common system of governance]] meant there was [[Anti-Judaism#Anti-Judaism in the pre-Christian Roman Empire|underlying tension]].	+
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-	Four decades after Jesus' death the tensions culminated with the [[first Jewish-Roman War]] and the [[Siege of Jerusalem (70)|destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem]]. This, in turn, is commonly seen as a [[catalyst]] for the final stage in the [[Split of early Christianity and Judaism|birth and divergence of Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism]].	+
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-	== See also ==	+
-	* [[Assyro-Babylonian culture]]	+
-	* [[Christianity and Judaism]]	+
-	* [[Hellenistic Greece]]	+
-	* [[History of ancient Israel and Judah]]	+
-	* [[Jesus in the Christian Bible]]	+
-	* [[Jesus in the Talmud]]	+
-	* [[Jesus Seminar]]	+
-	* [[Judeo-Christian tradition]]	+
-	* [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]]	+
-	* [[Paideia]]	+
-	* [[Roman Empire]]	+
-	* [[Romanitas]], [[Culture of Rome]]	+
-	* [[Social life in Babylonia and Assyria]]	+
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