"To the Romans Palestine WAS a backwards little area of nomadic tribes fighting each other."
Right. And this nomadic tribe built a huge city, huge palaces, and an incredible temple using incredibly advanced technology. They had one of the first written languages and wrote the book that is the most widely read book to this day.
Do you have any idea how large the stones are for the retaining wall of the temple mount?
They DID challenge and defeat a Roman legion.
" The jews were really of no particular importance and were never mentioned really in any roman writing, at least, not any more than many other tribes or peoples of the region."
How many of these other unimportant tribes had a victory arch dedicated to them?
How many others from this tribe came to be the religious icon of Romans after a couple of hundred years?
Ever heard of JESUS? Nothing was written about him and his people? Inconsequential? Heard of the new Testament? #1 all-time best seller? Get real. |
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