JOSEPHUS
VS. MUSLIM LIARS
a
GUEST POST from Mr. Cohen
NOTE: The first
four quotes shown below are from Flavius Josephus,
who was born in year 37 CE
and was still alive in 81 CE.
In a previous blog post, I quoted Tacticus, the ancient
Roman
historian who said that the Temple of the Jews was in
Jerusalem.
My intention was to refute
Muslim propagandists who falsely
claim that there was never a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
Now I present four quotes from Josephus, another
ancient
Roman historian who mentioned at least four times that
the Temple of
the Jews was in Jerusalem: ____________________________________________________________
“At this point Crassus arrived
to take over the governorship of Syria.
For the campaign against the Parthians
he removed all the gold from
the Sanctuary in Jerusalem…”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 1, page 51) by Flavius
Josephus,
translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984, published by Penguin Classics,
ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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“Gaius Caesar’s accession to
power so completely turned his head
that he wished to be thought of and
addressed as a god, stripped
his country of its noblest men, and proceeded to
lay sacrilegious
hands on Judea.
He
ordered Petronius to march with an army to
Jerusalem and erect his statues in
the Temple: if the Jews refused them,
he was to execute the objectors and
enslave all the rest of the population.”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 7, pages 139 to 140)
by Flavius
Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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“…Cumanus, whose governorship was marked by
disturbances
and further disaster to the
Jews.
The people had assembled in
Jerusalem for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Roman
cohort stood on
guard over the Temple colonnade, armed men always
being on duty at the feasts
to forestall any rioting by the vast crowds.”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 7, pages 143 to 144)
by Flavius
Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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“… the Jerusalem magistrates,
rushing out clad in sackcloth
and with ashes poured on their heads, besought
them to return
and not to provoke the Romans to attack Jerusalem by
reprisals
on the Samaritans: they must spare their country
and their Sanctuary, and their
own wives and children…”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 7, page 145) by
Flavius
Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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Cornelius Tacticus, the famous Roman historian who lived
from year 56 CE (approximately) to year 120 CE said:
“Much of Judea is thickly studded with villages,
and the Jews have towns as well.
Their capital is Jerusalem.
Here stood their Temple with its boundless riches.”
MODERN SOURCE OF QUOTE:
The Western World (page 141) by Pearson Custom
Publishing, 2009 CE
ORIGINAL SOURCE OF QUOTE:
The Histories by Tacitus, The Jews (Book 5), paragraph 8 of 13.
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“The Romans took over Judea in [year] 63 BC [Before the
Common Era].”
SOURCE: The Fall of the Roman Empire (chapter 1, page
21)
by Rita J. Markel, year 2008, Twenty-First Century Books,
ISBN:
0822559196 ISBN:
9780822559191
Notice that the Romans took over Judea in 63 BC – JUDEA,
not Palestine!
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When you speak with Christians, tactfully remind them that
Palestinians
are NEVER MENTIONED in the Christian Bible,
also known as the Gospel Writings.
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CONCLUSION: The
Bible and Tacticus and Josephus all say
that the Jewish Temple was in
Jerusalem.
People who claim there was no Jewish Temple in Jerusalem
are LIARS!
PS: Tacticus and Josephus made numerous mentions
of:
Jews, Levites, Pharisees, Essenes, Idumaeans, Syrians,
Sicarii, and Romans
in the Holy Land, but they NEVER
mention the Palestinians, because there were
NO Palestinians
in the times of Tacticus and Josephus.
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