AD 6
Herod Antipas is appointed tetrarch of Galilee.
AD 7
Jesus, age twelve, visits the temple in Jerusalem.
AD 14
Tiberius becomes emperor and will rule until his death in AD 37.
AD 25
Caiaphas succeeds his father-in-law, Annas, as high priest at the temple in Jerusalem.
AD 26
Pontius Pilate is named prefect, or governor, of Judea.
AD 26
John the Baptist establishes his ministry.
AD 27
Jesus turns the moneylenders away from the temple.
AD 27
Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount.
AD 29
John the Baptist is beheaded.
Sunday, April 1, AD 30
Jesus makes a triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
Thursday, April 5, AD 30
Jesus shares supper with his disciples.
Friday, April 6, AD 30
Jesus is put to death by crucifixion.
An illustration of Nazareth from a German book published in 1902. [Mary Evans Picture Library]
THE AUTHOR RECOMMENDS …
Recommended Reading
Ackroyd, Peter. Ancient Rome: Voyages Through Time. New York: DK, 2005.
Anderson, Michael, ed. Ancient Rome. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2012.
Blacklock, Dyan. The Roman Army: The Legendary Soldiers Who Created an Empire. New York: Walker & Co., 2004.
Cefrey, Holly. Archaeologists: Life Digging Up Artifacts. New York: Rosen Central, 2004.
Deckker, Zilah. National Geographic Investigates Ancient Rome: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of Rome’s Past. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2007.
Gedacht, Daniel. Technology of Ancient Rome. New York: PowerKids Press, 2004.
Harik, Ramsay M. Jesus of Nazareth: Teacher and Prophet. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001.
Hoffman, Ya’ir. The World of the Bible for Young Readers. New York: Viking, 1989.
Korb, Scott. Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine. New York: Riverhead Books, 2010.
Mason, Anthony. Biblical Times. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.
Nardo, Don. Life of a Roman Slave. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1998.
_____. Life of a Roman Soldier. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001.
_____. Roman Roads and Aqueducts. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001.
_____. Life During Great Civilizations: Ancient Rome. Farmington Hills, MI: Blackbirch Press, 2003.
Sherman, Josepha. Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2004.
Winter, Jonah. Peaceful Heroes. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2009.
Recommended Websites
Frontline, “From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians”: pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion.
The Jesus Seminar Forum: virtualreligion.net/forum.
Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus: virtualreligion.net/iho.
Recommended Viewing
In Search of Easter. National Geographic Video, 2004.
In the Footsteps of the Holy Family. A&E Home Video, 2001.
ABC News Presents Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus. ABC TV, 2000.
The Story of Jesus. BBC, 2011.
Who Was Jesus? Discovery Channel, 2010.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Holy Bible: New International Version. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, 2011.
Aslan, Reza. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. New York: Random House, 2013.
Borg, Marcus J., and John Dominic Crossan. The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus’s Final Week in Jerusalem. New York: Harper San Francisco, 2006.
Brenner, Michael. A Short History of the Jews. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010.
Cahill, Thomas. Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus. New York: Random House, 1999.
Cantor, Norman F. The Sacred Chain: The History of the Jews. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Goodman, Martin. Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Harik, Ramsay M. Jesus of Nazareth: Teacher and Prophet. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001.
Hoffman, Ya’ir. The World of the Bible for Young Readers. New York: Viking, 1989.
Johnson, Paul. The History of the Jews. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
Korb, Scott. Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine. New York: Riverhead Books, 2010.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. The Face of Jesus. New York: Abrams, 2011.
O’Reilly, Bill, and Martin Dugard. Killing Jesus: A History. New York: Henry Holt, 2013.
Shorto, Russell. Gospel Truth: The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History and Why It Matters. New York: Riverhead Books, 1997.
Wilson, Samantha. Israel: The Brandt Travel Guide. Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2009.
INDEX
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A
Abraham
Adam
Andrew
animal sacrifice
Anna
Annas (patriarch high priest)
Antonia Fortress
Archelaus, King
Augustus Caesar, Emperor of Rome
B
Babylonians
baptism
Barabbas
Bethlehem
massacre of babies in
blasphemy
C
Caesar, Julius
Caesarea Philippi
Caiaphas (high priest of temple)
arrest and sentencing of Jesus and
Cana, wedding in
Capernaum
Chamber of the Hearth
Chamber of the Lepers
coins
money changers and
Roman
shekels
Court of the Gentiles
Court of the Women
crown of thorns
crucifixion
of Jesus
of Jewish rebels
Messiah and
Cyrenius
D
Daniel
David, King
Deuteronomy
disciples
arrest of Jesus and
crucifixion and
Feast of Tabernacle and
Jesus gathers
Last Supper and
Passover in Jerusalem and
donkey
Durer, Albrecht
E
Egypt
Elijah
F
Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth)
fig tree
G
Galilee
baptism and
Herod Antipas and
Jesus teaches in
map of
Roman rule and
Galilee, Sea of
Gethsemane
map of
Golgotha
map of
Gratus
H
Hanukkah
Hasmonean Palace
Hebrew Scripture. See also Torah; Tanakh
Herod Antipas
Herodias (wife of Herod Antipas)
Herod the Great, King of Judea
Holy Spirit
Hosea, King
I
Isaac
Isaiah
J
Jacob
James the Elder (brother of John the Beloved)
James the Younger (brother of Jude)
Jeremiah
Jerusalem
Caiaphas’s power in
destruction of
Feast of Tabernacles a
nd
high priests and
Jesus announces he is son of God at
Jesus enters on donkey
Jesus visits, as baby
Jesus visits, on Passover
Jesus talks with rabbis at, as child
Jewish riots in
map of
Old City walls
Passover and
Pilate and
Jesus
accused of violating Jewish law
agony of
arrest and trial of
as baby in Jerusalem
baptism of
betrayed by Judas
birth of
in Caesarea Philippi
Caiaphas and
as carpenter
changing world of
childhood talk with rabbis and
cross borne by
crown of thorns and
crucifixion of
David as ancestor of
destruction of temple predicted by
disciples gathered by
early life in Nazareth
enters Jerusalem on donkey
escapes Herod as baby
evidence about life of
family of
Feast of Tabernacles and
fig tree and
Jerusalem massacre and
Jewish faith and
John the Baptist and
lashing of
Last Supper and
Mary of Magdala and
miracles and healings by
money changers and
Passover visits to temple by
Pilate and
popularity of
predicts own death
prophecies about
resurrection of
Romans and priests fear
Sermon on the Mount and
sins forgiven by
as Son of God
spiritual journey of
teaching by
tomb of
wedding in Cana and
Jewish faith
holy days and
Jesus raised in
patriarchs and
Pilate and
Romans and
Jewish law
arrest of Jesus and
Jesus accused of violating
Jesus’s death sentence and
Passover at temple and
Pilate and
ritual washing and
Sermon on Mount and
See also Mosaic Law
Jews
baptism and
birth of Jesus as king of
Jesus distrusted by priests of
Peter preaches to
prophecy of Messiah or king of (see Messiah)
rebellions by
Rome and
ruling council of
John the Baptist
John the Beloved
Jordan River
Joseph (father of Jesus)
Joseph of Arimathea
Josephus, Flavius
Judas Iscariot
Jesus betrayed by
thirty pieces of silver and
Judas of Gamala
Judea
Jupiter (Roman god)
K
karet (holy punishment)
L
Last Supper
Lazarus
Lord’s Prayer
M
Machaerus
Magi
Martha
Mary (mother of Jesus)
birth of Jesus and
crucifixion and
early life of Jesus and
life in Nazareth
Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)
Mary (sister of Lazarus)
Mary (visitor to tomb of Jesus)
Matthew
Messiah (Christ; Son of God; king of Jews)
Micah
mikvah (ritual washing)
money changers (shulhani)
Mosaic Law
Moses
Mount Moriah
Mount of Olives
N
Nazareth
Nebuchadnezzar
Nicodemus
P
Pan (pagan god)
parables
Passover (Pesach)
animal sacrifice and
Jesus enters Jerusalem on donkey before
Last Supper and
Pentecost
Peter (formerly Simon)
Pharisees (less wealthy priests)
Philip (brother of Herod Antipas)
Pilate, Pontius
Procula, Claudia (wife of Pilate)
Psalms
Purim
R
Roman Catholics
Roman Empire
crucifixions and
destruction of temple by
Herod Antipas and
Jesus as threat to
Jewish anger and rebellions vs.
Jewish festivals and
John the Baptist and
Pilate and
temple hierarchy and
See also taxes
Rosh Hashanah
S
Sadducees (high-born priests)
Salome
Samaria
Samson
Sanhedrin (Jewish high court)
Saul
Sepphoris
Sermon on the Mount
shekels
Shema (Jewish prayer)
Shroud of Turin
Simeon
Simon (disciple). See Peter
Simon of Cyrene
Simon the Pharisee
Simon the Zealot
Solomon, King
Solomon’s Porch (temple cloister)
Sukkoth. See Feast of Tabernacles
synagogues
T
Talmud (Hebrew Scripture)
Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
taxes
Temple, first
built
destruction of
Temple, second
animal sacrifice and
arrest of Jesus and
destruction of, by Romans
Feast of Tabernacles and
fees and
guards
Jesus as child with rabbis in
Jesus questioned by priests at
Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem on donkey and
Jesus’s love of
Jesus travels to
John the Baptist and
map of
money changers and
rebuilt by Herod
treasury of
Temple Mount
temple priests
arrest and sentencing of Jesus and
hierarchy of
See also Annas; Caiaphus; Pharisees; Sadducees
Ten Commandments
Tiberius, Emperor of Rome
Tiberius (city)
Tissot, James
Torah (Hebrew Scripture)
Y
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Z
Zechariah
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