JESUS OF HISTORY

WHEN AND WHERE DID HE LIVE

• He was born in 3 BCE
• He died in 33 AD
• He lived in Nazareth, Galilee

WHAT WAS THE GEOGRAPHY LIKE

• Rocky
• Mountainous
• Desert
• Hot dry summers
• Wet/rainy winters with occasional snow

DAILY LIFE

• Traditional Jewish customs we very important- worshiping, temples, sabbath
• Mostly small one floor homes with one to two rooms
• Center of the town was the market place
• Most people worked as day laborers- builders, shepherds or carpenters
• They made pilgrimages to the temple

AVERAGE DIET

• Wheat and barley
• Grains, olives, lentils
• Basic fruits- figs, dates, grapes
• Fruit and vegetables were dried in order to reserve them
• Food was prepared very simply

SOCIAL CLASSES

• 2 main classes- poor and the lower class
• There was a very small middle class
• The poor were mainly laborers
• The wealthy were authority and leaders

RELIGION

• Mainly Jewish
• Religion was a very important part of their daily life
• The temple was the center of their daily life
• Participated in sacrifices and feasts
• Respected the sabbath- no manual labor on Sundays

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Wikipedia.org
• Religionfacts.com
• Catholicculture.org