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Tag Archives: Flavius Josephus
philistines: the idolatry of mortal combat
Ashdod was the first large Philistine city to be uncovered by archaeologists. The excavation of the early 1960′s yielded a wealth of evidence about early Canaan and about the ancient Philistines, that bellicose people who smite and are smitten on … Continue reading
shapes of things to come: right angles
The shape of the Menorah that is used as the symbol of the nation of Israel? It is commonly thought to be curved, and a representative copy of what was to be found in the Second Temple before its destruction. … Continue reading
the temple affair: politics and religion don’t mix
According to the Markan Gospel on its account of the Sanhedrin trial, after failing to get sufficient evidence about the Temple affair the high priest then asked Jesus directly whether he claimed to be the Messiah of Israel: “Are you … Continue reading
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guilty was the verdict : temple tantrum
The trial of Jesus. Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long? , those precursors of the Zionists, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender? …. …The author … Continue reading
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Tagged Emperor Vespasian, Flavius Josephus, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Gospel of Mark, Il Grechetto, Jesus and the Sanhedrin, Jesus cleansing the Temple, Josephus the Jewish War, King Herod, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Markan Gospel, Pontius Pilate, Rossano Manuscript, Tacitus Roman Historian, The Jewish Revolt, The Jewish War, Titus and Domitian, Trial of Jesus, valentin de Boulogne
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trial of JC: 12 angry pharisees
Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender?… The author of Mark endeavors to meet the difficulty by transferring the responsibility … Continue reading
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trial and sedition: tribute money and pay now plan
This triumph must have made the Jewish Revolt very real to the people of Rome; it was designed to render them vividly aware of the gravity of the danger from which the new emperor and his son had delivered them. … Continue reading
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trial by hurry: trying to nail the truth
The trial of Jesus. Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender? By a strange irony of history, the surest thing … Continue reading
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Tagged Crucifixion of Jesus, Flavius Josephus, Histories of Tacitus, James Cameron, James Charlesworth, James tabor, Jesus of Nazareth, Jewish Revolt 70 A.D., Josephus the Jewish War, Prof. James Charlesworth, Simcha Jacobovici, Tacitus Roman Historian, The Gospel of Mark, Tomb of Caiaphas, Trial of Jesus, William Blake
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the booty sellers: sparatacus complex
Human plunder in the kinds of quantities the ancients were accustomed to created problems for an army on the march. It could become completely bogged down. The Sparatacus complex. In 218 B.C. King Philip V of Macedon invaded Elis in … Continue reading
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