Jewish-Christian Roots of European Civilization

10. (Re-)Constituting Israel under Persians after the exile + Hellenized Judaism


Week 10: Jesus from Nazareth and his teaching
1. Read carefully the story on good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37. Describe the way Jesus accedes to the question of the lawyer. Does he (or not?) answer the lawyer's question? 2. Read carefully the two passages on Jesus’s attitude to adultery (and possibly sex in general) – one from Matthew 5:27–32, the other from John 8:1–12. Has Jesus changed his mind between the two passages? Try to find and formulate a common denominator between the two passages.