Christian beginnings
John the Baptist
Pontius Pilate
Judas
Paul
St. Stephen
Emperor Hadrian
Byzantine Christianity
Constantine
Eusebius (for those interested, his works - Church History and Life of Constantine - can be found at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.toc.html).
Queen Helena – what was her role in creating a Christian Jerusalem in the fourth century C.E.?
Emperor Julian – How did his attitude towards Christianity differ from Constantine's? What did he permit the Jews to do in Jerusalem?
Justinian - what were his important building projects in Jerusalem?
Christian pilgrimage
Bourdeaux pilgrim
Egeria
Gregory of Nyssa
Jerome
Empress Eudocia
Asclepius
omphalos
Pergamon
stational liturgies
tactile piety
Locations/Buildings
Christian beginnings
Upper Room
Golgotha
pinnacle of the Temple
Aelia Capitolina
Temple of Aphrodite
Byzantine Christianity
basilica
Anastasis rotunda
atrium
Tomb – Aedicle
New Church of Mary – Nea Church
Historical Figures
Events
Christian beginnings
Last Supper - what occurred at this meal?
Crucifixion of Jesus - why was he crucified, according to the Gospel of Mark?
Byzantine Christianity
306-337 - Constantine reigns as Roman emperor (sole emperor from 324-337)
313 - Edict of Milan, which legalized the practice of Christianity in the Roman Empire
325 - Council of Nicea – what did this church council decide about Jerusalem?
361-363 - reign of emperor Julian (last pagan emperor)
380 – Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman empire
614 – Persian conquest of Jerusalem
Religious concepts or objects
Gospel of Mark
messiah
Theodotus inscription
fragments of the True Cross
“pierced stone”
Madaba map