JUDAISM
UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
a GUEST
POST from Mr. Cohen
NOTE: The four
quotes shown below are from Flavius Josephus,
who was born in year 37 CE and
was still alive in 81 CE.
“It was known even to the Romans
that they [the Jews]
did no work of any kind when the seventh day came around…”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 14, page 241) by Flavius
Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, 1984, published by Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0140444203 ISBN: 978-0140444209
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“The next day Pilate took his
seat on the tribunal in the great stadium
and summoned the mob, on the pretext
that he was ready to give them answer.
Instead, he gave a pre-arranged signal to the soldiers to surround the
Jews in full armor, and the troops formed a ring three [Roman soldiers] deep. The Jews were dumbfounded at the unexpected
sight, but Pilate, declared that he would cut them to pieces unless they
accepted images of Caesar, nodded to their soldiers to bare [reveal] their
swords.
At this the Jews, as though by agreement, fell to the ground in a body
and bent their necks, shouting that they were ready to be killed, rather than
transgress the Law [of the Torah].
Amazed at the intensity of their religious fervor, Pilate ordered the
standards to be removed from Jerusalem forthwith.”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 7, bottom of page 138) by
Flavius Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, 1984, published by Penguin
Classics, ISBN:
0140444203 ISBN:
978-0140444209
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“…Domitian [the Emperor of Rome from year 81 to 96 CE. He was the
younger brother of Titus and son of Vespasian] was becoming more and more of a
tyrant as his reign proceeded, hostile to converts to Judaism for their refusal
to participate in the worship which he as a living emperor demanded…”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (introduction, page 17) by Flavius
Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, 1984, published by Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0140444203 ISBN: 978-0140444209
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“At this time the people of
Damascus, learning of the destruction of the Roman force, were eager to
exterminate the Jews in their midst.
As
they had them cooped in the gymnasium for a long time now, taking this
precaution as a result of suspicion, the task appeared perfectly simple:
but
they were afraid of their own wives, who had almost all gone over to the Jewish
religion, so that their chief anxiety was to keep them in the dark.”
SOURCE: The Jewish War (chapter 10, page 179) by Flavius
Josephus, translated by G.A. Williamson, 1984, published by Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0140444203 ISBN: 978-0140444209
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Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan taught:
“… [in the time of the Roman Empire] it is estimated that
there were
over three million Romans who had converted to Judaism…”
SOURCE: Faces and Facets (part I, chapter 3, page 42,
article titled: The Saddest Day) by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan,
year 1993, Moznaim
Publishing Corporation, Brooklyn, New York
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OTHER BLOG POSTS BY MR. COHEN:
Ancient
Roman historians connected Jews with the Land of Israel and Jerusalem:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/02/guest-post-josephus-vs-muslim-liars.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/05/guest-post-cornelius-tacticus.html
Rambam Rejected Childless Messiah:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/rambam-rejected-childless-messiah-by-mr.html
Forgotten Muslim Oppression
against Jews:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-forgotten-oppression.html
Why Muslims Hate Jews:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-why-muslims-hate-jews.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-moynihan-1982.html
Quick Bible Quotes from Joshua and Jeremiah:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-joshua-chapter-23-verse-12.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-jeremiah-chapter-17.html
How a Reform Rabbi Become Orthodox (true story):
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-did-reform-rabbi-become-orthodox-jew.html
Sephardic Jews Reject Reform Judaism:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/07/sephardim-reject-reform.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/08/guest-post-persian-rabbis-decree.html
Greek NYC
Jews and Syrian NYC Jews:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/03/greek-jews-syrian-jews.html
How to Convict the New York Times
of Unfair Bias Against Israel:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-how-to-convict-new-york-times.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-nyt-erases-israel-from-map.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/03/guest-postnyt-vs-israel.html
Why Pray for Tzahal-IDF:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/04/guest-post-why-pray-for-idf.html
How to Pray for Tzahal-IDF:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-to-pray-for-tzahal-idf.html
Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-why-1967-borders-are-suicide.html
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Pro-Israel Articles from Aish HaTorah:
www.aish.com/jw/me/Ten-Ways-Israel-Is-Treated-Differently.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/13-Facts-about-Israel--the-Middle-East.html
www.aish.com/jw/s/The_Pro-Palestinians_Real_Agenda.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/Why-Are-There-Still-Palestinian-Refugees.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/The-Arabs-Real-Grievance-against-the-Jews.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/Col-Richard-Kemp-on-Israels-Moral-Army.html
www.aish.com/ho/i/Menachem-Begin-on-the-Lessons-of-the-Holocaust.html
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Articles Refuting the BDS Movement from Aish HaTorah:
www.aish.com/jw/me/The-BDS-Smokescreen.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/BDS-The-Attempt-to-Strangle-Israel.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/BDS-and-Anti-Semitism.html
www.aish.com/jw/me/Fighting-BDS-in-the-Name-of-Human-Rights.html
www.aish.com/jw/s/Winning-the-BDS-Battle.html
www.aish.com/jw/s/10-Ways-You-Can-Fight-BDS.html
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