This trick sounds like the claim that the Pope invented Islam in order to destroy Protestantism.Ibrahim wrote:Except that isn't what ended the revolts. Systematic military invasion, sieges, destruction, and mass killing, culminating in the Jewish diaspora, is what ended the revolts.HAL9000 wrote:Ibrahim wrote:That would be Rome's only use of the "theological hoax" tactic, as opposed to the "kill, conquer and crucify" methodology they used every other time, including the final Jewish revolts against Roman rule.
That's the whole thesis of the book, Atwill claims that because the Jews were so militaristic and so adamant about resisting Rome, that even killing most Jews there and even torture did not bring total victory, and as a last resort Romans tried this trick of inventing a domesticated and easy-going version of Judaism that would pay its taxes and turn the other cheek to the Romans. The book may still be incorrect, but in view of the fact that many of the predictions of Jesus (in Christianity) actually materialized after decades of his death, this might be an indication.
Just seems like a stretch is all. If the Romans ever did try a trick like this, they would probably have waited until they needed to.
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Why Jesus is not Jewish Messiah
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Thanx G_D, he (Jesus) ain't (the Jewish Messiah)
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Why Jesus is not Jewish Messiah
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Thanx G_D, he (Jesus) ain't (the Jewish Messiah)
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Majority of Christians do not believe December 25 Christ's birth date
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Majority of Christians do not believe December 25 Christ's birth date
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"The actual date of Jesus’ birth was several years before," the pontiff claims.
Many historians and scholars agree with Pope Benedict XVI, believing Jesus Christ was born sometime between 6BC and 4BC.
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