Indo-European vs Semitic culture
Jesus was a Jew, and the Jews belong to Semitic culture. The Greeks and the Romans belong to Indo-European culture. European civilization has its roots in both cultures.
Related language, related ideas —> culture.
Indo-European: world view=good vs evil fight, speculative view of universe, multi gods, visual (cosmic vision, lots pictures and statues), history is cyclic, passivity/seclusion/meditation
Semites: mono god, god intervenes a lot in history, lots of writing about that (scriptures), hearing is important, not supposed to do pictures (except Christianity started doing that after Greek influence), history is linear (last day is judgment day when all evils will be destroyed), life goal is to redeem sin (not to break from the cycles), study scripture (not meditation)