... the Greek culture popular among Romans and instead celebrating their own heritage. Yancey notes that Jesus' genealogy is traced back to Abraham, the founder of Israel; Jesus was circumcised according to Jewish custom; and he worshiped in the Jewish temple. Under despotic Roman rule, the Jews waited for their Messiah. They did not believe Jesus was the Messiah because he did ... wandering from town to town without any apparent plan. Yancey describes the sermon on the mount as as a guilt-inducing and irrational set of ideals and notes that it must have been just as difficult for first cen...

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