HIST 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pharisees, God-Fearer, Aelia Capitolina
7 Feb 2018
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Messiah is in the bible to mean anointed aka priests are messiah. Idea of better times coming soon is not a new idea, it is in the bible o. Associated with destruction and embodied by a person o. Is appointed king of judea for it in 41. Titus eventually wins and burns the temple o. May not have been intentional (according to josephus) Ti(cid:271)erias julius ale(cid:454)a(cid:374)der (cid:449)as se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)a(cid:374)d to titus a(cid:374)d philus" (cid:374)ephe(cid:449) o. Was from a good jewish family and burned the temple. Not sure what % of the jewish judean population participated in the revolt o. More jews in the 1st century outside israel than in it. Bere(cid:374)i(cid:272)e (cid:449)as a (cid:862)je(cid:449)ish pri(cid:374)(cid:272)ess(cid:863) (cid:449)ho a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ied the e(cid:373)peror to the ope(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of the ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)ollesiu(cid:373) o. Expected divine intervention to help assist them in taking on rome. Josephus and many others saw it as a crazy act to take on rome.
