New Testament titled 'Neither Jew nor Greek' talks about the ethnical conflict in

Graeco-Roman society. He focuses his writing on four main periods of conflict existence.

Before I will go to the summary of the periods I will introduce his definition of

ethnicity and conflict. By term 'ethnic' he means "not as fixed quality that inheres in

some objectively identifiable population group, but rather as a fluid aspect of individual

and group self-definition that can be either highlighted or ignored as circumstances

warrant' (pg. 110). Boundaries that are used to distinguish 'insiders from outsiders'(111)

are (1) a belief in shared history, (2) a common culture, (3) some form of physical

difference. The author describes conflict as a competition "for scarce social, economics,

or territorial resources; where there are discrepancies or change in the political power;

where one group has migrated into territory of another; where there is a historical

conflict; or where groups in the same area possess discordant systems of personal and

The author identifies four main periods of co

In that time population of Asia Minor (where almost all of the conflicts took place) inhabitants divided themselves into Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews). "Those whom the Jews lumped together as 'Gentiles' would have defined themselves as 'Greeks', 'Romans', 'Galatians', and members of various other ethnic populations. There is broad evidence to indicate that both 'Jews' and 'Greeks' regarded themselves as distinctive.

After reading that article I was able to have better understanding of the situations described in Gospels from historical perspective. Chronology and reasons of ethnical conflict made me realize how important was for Jews to have someone who would free them from their oppressors. They were waiting for 'Survivor' or' Messiah' as gospel's writers called Jesus. Having cultural, religion and political freedom would relieve their pain.

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