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1) Discuss and describe the historical, religious situation of Palestine and the time of Jesus. The historical time of Jesus while carrying out his movement was a time of political mayhem. All in the political mix were those who in authority and other groups who in their own ways rebelled against the government, ultimately persuading political figures to back down. Herod, King of Galilee during this time, was appointed by warlords and provided him with troops to carry out his political effort. Pontius Pilot, a high priest appointed by governors to rule over Judea, was in charge of the temple and collaborated with Roman government officials to keep the area politically sound. Scribes and scholars protected the Torah, or Jewish law, and enforced its rules. Many times scribes and scholars were attorneys and often times reprimanded high priests for not obeying the Torah. High priests were known to ignore the binding laws of the Torah based upon what benefited them politically. This created havoc and caused them to rebel and wage war against the high priests. The Zealots, an organized group who sought after a similar movement, trained their members to be military like and to conduct violent overthrows. They were radicals