-the context of the letter is different from the Gospels
What was it to like, to live in this city
A. RELIGION CONDITION
-when Paul began his activity, he did not preach in vacuum but in contrast with the religious leaders / beliefs / system and also philosophical questions
1. Religion Systema. Worship of the Graeco Roman Pantheon
Rome was originally an animist
Contact with Greek civilization led into a fusion of the Greek deities and the Roman deities
The Greek God Zeus became identified with the Roman god Jupiter, etc.
Poseidon with Neptune
Hades with Plato
During the period of the NT, these belief is in decline
Acts 19:27
Asia: Ephesus - Artemis
- god of hunting, wild animals
-known as Diana
-twin sister of Apollo
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