Posted on 01/04/2006 11:24:58 AM PST by blam
""The Romans were pretty heavy-handed in putting down the second revolt," Levine said."
The Romans were pretty heavy-handed in putting down ANY revolt.
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Funny as they never discover an ancient "palestinian " city
How can anything be post-roman AND ancient?
I have always wondered if Jerusalem was the last stop on a career in decline for Roman politicians. It must have been a rough ride.
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There were Philistines then, in the time of Deuteronomy, but they were not semitic, not Arabic, not the same as the Palestinians who are there now.
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Durn good question.
I don't know why it is considered so unusual to find evidence of Jewish habitation near Jerusalem from the period between the destruction of the 2nd Temple and the Bar Kochba revolt. After all, the nearly 600,000 Jewish soldiers that were killed by the Romans in the Bar Kochba revolt had to live somewhere. Betar, which was Bar Kochba's HQ and the place where his forces made their final stand, is only a few miles from Jerusalem (to the East).
By the way, the Romans had to use 7 legions to subdue the Jews, and the Roman Emporer- for the first time in Roman history - didn't open his remarks to the Roman Senate with the words "I and the army are well."
So that explains why Orthodox bar mitzvahs serve only MD 20/20. MD is short for Mogen David (literally "Shield of David") -- the traditional Hebrew 6-pointed star.
Just can't wait till they find a post Roman ancient Muslim village somewhere...
Perhaps on Mars.
Palestine was a term invented by the British in 1923 (coined by the Roman term 'Palestina', which was near present day Ramallah.) Jordan was also invented by the British, as was Iraq, Syria and most of the Middle East.
I wonder if the term, palestine, may not be similar to the term, chester, simply a reference to the walls of a Roman camp, the palisades.
I wonder if the term, palestine, may not be similar to the term, chester, simply a reference to the walls of a Roman camp, the palisades.
Sorry to sound ignorant, but what does "CE" stand for? It is used in place of "A.D." apparently.
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