Hebrew v Greek Thinking

I am from Mesa, AZ. I grew up there. I grow nostalgic just thinking about the place. It has changed quite a bit over the past decade and a half, and while the borders of the city have changed, the spirit of the city has not. There’s a quiet municipal patriotism that Mesans share. It’s just as strong as any Texan might feel toward his or her home state. Loyalty to hometown notwithstanding, we all have some degree of attachment to the place we grew up; the place that is our home. I teeter on pity when I hear of parents who moved their family around every few years. They simply missed out on the chance to establish roots and make memories that renew themselves with each passing of the park or smell of the trees.
I could imagine that Christ felt nostalgic, even loyal to Jerusalem. He wept over the city. He assigns the attribute of ‘peace’ to the city, explaining that because of the peaceful things that its citizens have done, the city has earned special ‘things,’ but cannot enjoy them (Luke 19: 42). This is the place where the Savior was tempted, where He taught, where He performed miracles, where He saw people come to know Heavenly Father and gain a testimony of the Atonement. Might the case be that the feeling that Christ is experiencing is correlated, somewhat, with the Hebrew tradition that the actions of the citizens of a city actually define the city rather than the borders defining the city?
These things we’ve discussed and read about concerning the alternative way that Jewish scholars consider reality clarify what plain and precious truths we have in the Book of Mormon, and those plain and precious truths that are left in the Bible. For example, what an eye opener I had the other night while reading John 17. Here is one of the most tender, touching peeks into the Saviors’ relationship with the Father. In verse nine, Christ says “I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.” In the verses following nine, he continues to speak of the world. If we were to take this verse in Hebraic context, then we would know that ‘the world’ is referring to ‘people who do worldly things,’ not the actual planet. This may be somewhat obvious, even outside the context of Hebraic context. But taking it a thoughtful step further we know that the Lord is putting the burden of allegiance on us, not himself. He invites by telling us what to do, and we may follow.