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masada: ideology of togetherness
The Masada story. It is an ambiguous story, one that straddles the line between defiance and illusion, and between respect and dismay at its overall impact that has come down today to be spoken of as the “Masada Complex.” There … Continue reading
masada: zealots on high
Masada. Is its history a cautionary tale to call down scorn on fanaticism? The craggy stronghold beside the Dead Sea is a symbol of resistance as well as destructive extremism…. Some of the Jews awaiting the end of the world- … Continue reading
masada complex: myths and madness
Masada.Collective patriotic suicide. The craggy stronghold beside the Dead Sea where Zealots killed themselves rather than surrender to Rome. A cautionary tale of fantaticism and using the Messiah as an ideology? Koranic zealots have found a kinfolk in the power … Continue reading
philistines: the idolatry of mortal combat
Ashdod was the first large Philistine city to be uncovered by archaeologists. The excavation of the early 1960’s yielded a wealth of evidence about early Canaan and about the ancient Philistines, that bellicose people who smite and are smitten on … Continue reading
shapes of things to come: right angles
The shape of the Menorah that is used as the symbol of the nation of Israel? It is commonly thought to be curved, and a representative copy of what was to be found in the Second Temple before its destruction. … Continue reading
the temple affair: politics and religion don’t mix
According to the Markan Gospel on its account of the Sanhedrin trial, after failing to get sufficient evidence about the Temple affair the high priest then asked Jesus directly whether he claimed to be the Messiah of Israel: “Are you … Continue reading
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guilty was the verdict : temple tantrum
The trial of Jesus. Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long? , those precursors of the Zionists, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender? …. …The author … Continue reading
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Tagged Emperor Vespasian, Flavius Josephus, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Gospel of Mark, Il Grechetto, Jesus and the Sanhedrin, Jesus cleansing the Temple, Josephus the Jewish War, King Herod, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Markan Gospel, Pontius Pilate, Rossano Manuscript, Tacitus Roman Historian, The Jewish Revolt, The Jewish War, Titus and Domitian, Trial of Jesus, valentin de Boulogne
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trial of JC: 12 angry pharisees
Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender?… The author of Mark endeavors to meet the difficulty by transferring the responsibility … Continue reading
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