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KINGPolitical power

Throne Centered

PRIESTReligious Ritual

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PROPHETWord of God

Law Centered

Herodians Sadducees Pharisees

All Jews were asking the question, “Why has God not yet delivered us? How are we supposed to live under occupation?”

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The Making of a Gospel

The Gospel writers sewed together pericopes like pieces of a patchwork quilt.

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JEWS ROMANS GREEKS

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