actual gospels had come into existence. they also don t fairly represent christianity as what it was, namely a group that had its origins in judaism. in fact, some of these documents are essentially anti-semitic, and that s why they want to deny the old testament origins of christianity. let alone to deny the real human role of jesus in judea in the 1st century. gnosticism to church leaders was heresy, and to survive in this dangerous time, the church had to be united. over the next two centuries, the sacred gnostic text would be suppressed, hidden or destroyed while orthodox christianity constructed great temples and claimed authority over the bible. even so, christianity would face its greatest challenge, persecution by the roman empire.
it s a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region
jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy
for the wall street journal and david gergen. what was behind the selloff, er? i was talking to a few investors today what ben bernanke said yesterday, anderson what is the market expected him to same we know things are weak we know europe is a very severe issue but him saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stablization that isn t the same thing as saying we aren t in a real economic problem. we know that we are. and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmeded by the fed s latest moves to kick start the economisome there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? certainly not the fed. anderson, certainly not the fed. the fed has been deluging the economy with money for the last three years and the idea of more purchases
saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stabilization that isn t the same thing as saying we aren t in a real economic problem. we know that we are. and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmed by the by the fed s latest moves to kick start the economy. is there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? certainly not the fed. anderson, certainly not the fed. the fed has been deluging the economy with money for the last three years and the idea of more purchases of government bonds by the fed, which is what ben bernanke announced yesterday, i m not sure sure they had a very camel effect. i think erin is right. i think the president s message this week wasn t very helpful. as you know, anderson, on monday, the president announc