Understanding the setting in which this historical story unfolded

The Christian "New Testament" begins by the advent of a man named Jesus. Jesus, according to the story, was the son of a young woman.

His mother was found to be pregnant before her marriage.  Although initially, her future husband had planned to divorce her, he changed his mind and continued his life with the mother and child. Later the writers share that more children were born to the couple.

The family lived in very difficult times, cruelty went unchecked, homicidal behaviors were part of daily life as were other social ills such as disease, poverty and ethnic isolation. For those experiencing the least of social prosperity; begging, prostitution, servitude were the obvious pathways to survival.

According to the gospels we are presented with various forms of government in place providing differing rights and freedoms for Roman citizens of various levels.  The environment in which Jesus began his teachings was very distressed with little hope for improvement.  The thinking at the time according to the gospels seemed to imply that only revolution or war would end the disparate conditions that ethnic tribes were experiencing.  Two pathways emerged, the path of spiritual enlightenment and development and the path of war.  Under the rule of the Romans the defeated ethnic tribes were not strong enough to defend right actions or to protect the innocent in any war.

In the centuries that followed there were several collections of books and writings that shared the best wisdom of the many tribes and scholars, curated to ensure that the best intellectual and spiritual texts were preserved.  The story of a mock trial, torture, humiliation followed by death and hanging was presented in a collection of writings. Some writings also presented a reappearance of Jesus after he was buried.  The story shares that his body was removed by by powerful beings, and that later he reached out and continued teaching his closest followers.

In the aftermath, the people suffered and their tribes were all but destroyed. For those who were left, flight into oblivion was their only option. Later the Roman government collapsed due to corruption, conspiracies and war. From this collapse the Christian religion was founded and empowered.