Vítimas do autoritarismo religioso nos dias de Jesus

Abstract

Abstract

In addition to a highly organized political-administrative system by the Roman Empire, with clear evidence of rights and justice violations, the first century witnessed injustice through mechanisms of exclusion, a result of institutionalized religious discourse. This environment helps to address the topic discussed here as it creates possible perceptions regarding the world of the New Testament and its relationship with its first readers, who were certainly confronted with the challenges of dealing with injustice, cloaked by the impositions of those who claimed the right to be bearers of the truth about Yahweh and their forms of relationship. Generally, the arguments of the holders of this type of fallacy were supported by the Temple-Torah (law) dichotomy, whose victims were those already in situations of vulnerability, not accidental but provoked by the governing tactics of the Romans and their allies.

Keywords: Authoritarianism; Victims; Religion; First Century.