Background

The Zealots

The Zealots or Canaaneans were also a political group. They were revolutionaries, frequently revolting, their restlessness resulted in the loss of 200,000 lives from the beginning of the century up to the actual outbreak of war in 66 AD. Bible History Online....

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THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINOUS PLATEAU

Geography. Bible History Online....

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Rome - Republican Government

Statesman of the Republic of Rome. Bible History Online....

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Rome - Architecture

The Romans were probably the greatest architects of the ancient world. Concrete, Civil engineering, The Pantheon, Aqueducts, The Colosseum and Gladiators. Bible History Online....

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Herod and the Herodians

Antipater to Antipas. The Idumaeans were a tribe who had been forced by the Nabatean Arabs westwards into southern Judea, where they had been forcibly converted to Judaism by the Hasmonean rulers of Israel. The Idumaeans were for this reason Jews of a recent and suspect background. At the same time they were shrewd, and had no scruples about making...

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Brief Historical Background

From the Maccabean Revolt to Tiberius Caesar. Bible History Online....

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THE VALLEY OF THE JORDAN

Geography. Bible History Online....

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Rome - The Religion of Rome

After the death of Augustus Caesar in 14 AD., a new idea was added to the state religion, a belief that the ruler was divine and a descendant of the gods. Soon every emperor was worshipped as a god during his life and at death temples were erected for him. Many Romans also worshipped Isis (an Egyptian goddess) and Mithra (a Persian god) for more ex...

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Rome - ROMAN ART

The Romans were incredible in the field of art. They were great painters of still life. They erected buildings of a scale and design undreamed of before their time. Sculpture, paintings, mosaics. Bible History Online....

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The Role of Women at the Time of Jesus

In her own domain, a woman's religious and social status was high, but in the eyes of the Law she was inferior, being coupled with minors and slaves in the rabbinical writings of the Mishnah. Her ineligibility to perform in public religious life is reflected in the ancient synagogue prayer: 'Blessed art thou, O Lord God, king of the universe, who h...

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