1. BIRTHPLACE OF THREE RELIGIONS

2. Religious Center 3 Religions:
-Judaism, Christianity, Islam all started in SW Asia (The Middle East)
Jerusalem (located in Israel):
-a city where Jews, Christians, Muslims have lived for centuries

3. THE BASICS 3 Religions believe: one God-monotheism
each led by a single person
set of sacred writings
Jerusalem

4. Birth of Christianity

5. 8 to 4 BC
Jewish boy, Jesus, born in Bethlehem in ancient Palestine (Israel)

6. 4 Gospels -story of his life started 30 yrs. after Jesus’ death
-Christian scripture in Bible (New Testament)

7. EARLY LIFE -Jesus grew up Galilee
-baptized by his cousin John the Baptist
-Jesus traveled preaching religion of love and forgiveness, and performing miracles
-people (disciples) came to hear his words

8. MESSIAH Jewish people:
-believed a Messiah, or savior would come to lead them out of exile
Messiah:
-some people believed Jesus was the Messiah
-Jesus became know as Christ, Greek for Messiah

9. Christians -people who believed in Jesus’ ideas and teachings
Government &Religious Leaders:
-feared Jesus teaching as threat to their power
-Jesus came to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover was betrayed by Judas, a Disciple
-Jesus arrested, tried, crucified and died

10. THE WORD Jesus Disciples:
-spread his teachings and their belief that he was the Messiah promised in Jewish scripture
Roots in Judaism:
-new religion Christianity developed
Christianity:
-based on life and teaching of Jesus
-spread to other parts of world from Jerusalem