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The Jews had so many rituals to pass down the covenant which is why they did not take the Greek culture as their own even when everyone around them did. However, they did become allies with the Romans which gave them a power position and the ability to keep their own culture without being taken over.
Emily Jeter

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Learned that the prejudice in  the New Testament is more related to power rather than race. I understood how the Jews decide to conduct themselves as the Greeks were in power. Acculturation was made for merchandise and official events however, religious celebrations were not practiced because the Jews held on to their identity in their religion.

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Does the New testament focus on ethnicity as much as the old testament to show how the prophecy is fulfilled or are there other reasons?

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I know that there are several ethnic groups in the new testaments. However, I only remember Samaritans, Jews, Romans and Gentiles being highlighted the most. Also I read the new testament a few years back when I didn't know how to study the Bible.

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So what were the Ethnic groups mentioned in the New Testament. I feel like I have learned more about this from historical fiction and secular history than I actually have from reading the Bible. I am interested to see what the Bible said about different ethnic groups and the division between them, because I know Jesus brought them together in beautiful ways.
Emily Jeter

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I know there were many and that they were very divided and hostile toward one another. I know that many, such as the Jews and Romans, thought they were superior to all others and treated them in that manner.
Emily Jeter

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The two major ethnicities in the New Testament were the Romans and the Greeks.  The Jews were able to keep their ethnic distinction, kept their language, and they ended up allying with Rome to gain a privileged position in the empire.  Prejudice was mainly based on social status and religious practices and not skin color.

- Gianna Panzanella

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Since we are all already made in the image of God why did he make matters more complicated by creating us each individually different?  In the New Testament there are ethnic groups mentioned that do not have the most peaceful history between their two people groups.  Would it avoid major conflicts in the first place by having everyone be the same and not ethnically diverse?

- Gianna Panzanella

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The ethnic groups in the New Testament include the Jews, the Gentiles, the Samaritans, Israelites, Hebrews, and Ethiopians or dark skinned people.  There are difficult histories with some of these people groups and racism exists among them and I have yet to better educate myself in these areas of the Bible so as of the current moment I do not know much about them.

- Gianna Panzanella

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The two main ethnic categories were Jews and Greco-Roman Gentiles. Barbarians are what they called all people who spoke a foreign language (kind of crazy.) The Samaritans were a subgroup of the Jews, but were not accepted by the Jews. I knew they weren't accepted, did not know they were technically Jews.
-Shayla England

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Was there as much division and racism between people groups as what we see today?
-Shayla England

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I honestly don't know a lot about ethnic groups in the New Testament. I know it talks about Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans, and that there was division between these people, but that's all I really know.
-Shayla England

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Some far I have learned that the Romans were in strong control of the east. I also learned that the Greeks really didn't influence the Jews. They didn't want to adjust to the Greeks culture and were basically like the gif. They had cultural traditions and kept their ethnic boundaries. - Johanna Mendez

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I know Jesus cared for different ethnic groups and he wanted to heal their hearts, like the Samaritan women in the well. Jesus was more consider about their heart rather their race. An example of this was the parable of the Samaritan man that helped the hurt neighbor. - Johanna Mendez

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Why is the West or people from the West not really mention in the Bible? Were all the disciples Jews? 

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Why is the West or people from the West not really mention in the Bible? Were all the disciples Jews? 

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- Johanna Mendez