Comments on: Reserve Reading – Greco-Roman Backgrounds

By: Taylor

Taylor — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:46:36 +0000

so if ancient people looked down on traders, doctors, artists, and scientists what professions did they think were respectable? Besides the stated one in agriculture.

By: VBink :D

VBink :D — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:22:11 +0000

Pg. 15 –> What was the benefit of the Jews from the weakened state of the Seleucids?

By: terd ferguson

terd ferguson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:13 +0000

pg 18 soooooooooooooooooo……julius caeser was never actually a complete ruler of Rome. he was just a senator?

By: Luke a.k.a Brah

Luke a.k.a Brah — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:24:08 +0000

on page 1 right as the book starts off Mr. Jeffers states that you would be surprised by the things you would find in the home of a member of the Jewish ruling class. Well i was, and i was just wondering if this was common for every member of this class. He sounds very wealthy and wise. So was this common?

By: Liv

Liv — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:05:42 +0000

I’ve been thinking about the system and class order of the Roman times… why does it say on page 17, that you can buy your way into the system?

By: Jon Newy

Jon Newy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:57 +0000

so if judea voluntarily allied itself with ROme as said on page 17…then does that mean they took in a lot of the Romans religion…and then vise versa: did the Romans take in the Jewish Religion that was already established there? Or did they completely stay away from each other for the most part?

By: Anna trag

Anna trag — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:38 +0000

This Jewish ruling class man that i’m visiting: he acts like it would be stupid not to adopt the culture, even though it breaks some of the mosaic laws… did the jews even attempt to reconcile this? was it a big deal that they were breaking the law or did everyone just look the other direction…

By: Posey

Posey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:27:16 +0000

on page 17 Jeffers says, ” Judea had voluntarily allied itself with Rome and thereby gained a number of important rights. To begin with, its religion was officially recognized by Rome.”.

We have learned though that upon alling itself with Rome Pompey defiled the temple. So, was Rome which was it did the Romans really recognize the Jewish religion, or did they completely disrespect it?

By: BJehl

BJehl — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:03:15 +0000

On page 15 it says Rome allied itself with Judea. Why did Rome do this and what were the benefits from it.

By: AGuthrie

AGuthrie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:40:28 +0000

pg 16-17, The passage briefly describes the “patron-client” relationship. If this relationship weakened the senate and helped lead to the likes of Julius Caesar, why didn’t the senate try to outlaw this practice?