1. How did Judaism & Christianity influence the rise of democracy?
LECTURE 3
Chapter 1, Sections 3 & 4
Vocabulary that is BOLDED will likely be on the test.
(Highlight the words in your notes.)

3. Judaism

4. First to practice Judaism
Nomadic
First to practice Judaism
Ancient Israelites
NO separation of church and state
Religious leaders made political decisions
MONOtheistic = belief in one god
Torah = holy book and source of laws in Jewish society
10 Commandments
Code of ethics and morals contributed to “rule of law”

5. Christianity

6. Founder Jesus of Nazareth Born to a Jewish family
Crucified because gov’t thought teachings were a threat
Teachings became official religion of Roman Empire around 395 A.D.

7. Christian Principles Similarities to Judaism
Monotheistic
10 Commandments
Considered God’s laws
System of ethics
New Testament considered a record of Jesus’ life and teachings

8. Spread of Judeo-Christian Principles
Judaism spread through migration of the Jewish people.
Christianity spread through missionaries traveling around the Roman Empire.

9. Persecution Roman Empire = POLYtheistic
NO freedom of religion in empire
NO separation of church & state
Blamed Jews and Christians for economic & social problems

10. Medieval Christianity
Christians believed all people were sinners
To avoid hell, people must participate in sacraments
Baptism
Communion
Church  sacraments  absolute power
Church laws = state laws

11. Link to Democracy?
Judeo-Christian tradition influenced the rise of democracy due to its moral and ethical principles.
The founders of future democracies were influenced by those Judeo-Christian principles.

12. Greco-Roman Judeo-Christian
Laws focus on civil matters
Laws focus on moral issues
Laws apply to everyone
Laws come from people
Laws come from God
Laws written down
People should use reason
People should use faith
Individuals have worth
Different social classes
All people are equal
People have duty to obey laws

13. Good words to use when writing about similarities and differences:
also, similarly, likewise, however,
on the other hand,
by comparison,
in contrast, while,
more/less
Assignment
Write a paragraph discussing 2 similarities and 2 differences between Greco-Roman ideas and Judeo-Christian ideas.
To have a thorough and thoughtful answer, you should:
Use your class notes/Venn diagram for ideas
Have a topic sentence that restates the question. Example:
“There are some similarities and differences
between Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian ideas.”
Do more than just list the similarities and differences.
Example of organized writing:
Topic sentence
1st similarity
1st difference
2nd similarity
2nd difference
Concluding sentence