Review article
https://doi.org/10.34075/sb.62.1.2
The homeland of Jesus affected by historical changes: From Alexander the great to Titus Flavius (336 BC - 73 AD)
Željko Tolić
; The Catholic Faculty of Theology of the University of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
Palestine, or the Holy Land for Christians, has always attracted curiosity and aroused different feelings because of its spiritual and profane history, which is the theme of this work, divided into three parts. The first part deals with the Hellenistic and Maccabean Periods, specifically the rules of two Hellenistic dynasties (the Egyptian Ptolemy and the Syrian Seleucid) in Palestine and the Jewish struggle for independence, led by the priest Mattathias and his sons. The second part, entitled “Palestine under Roman Rule”, elaborates on the Roman conquest and control of Palestine, whether by the Roman governors (prefects or procurators) or the Herodian royal dynasty, which ruled over Palestine as a Roman ally. The third part, entitled “The First Jewish War (66-70)”, deals with the causes of the Jewish revolt against Roman rule and its suppression, in which Roman legions under Tito’s command destroyed Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem Temple, the heart and pride of Judaism, turned to dust and ashes. Roman war operations ended dramatically with the siege of the Masada fortress and its fall in 73. The final part touches on Christians who did not fight in the war, the reconstruction of Judaism after the Temple’s destruction and a chronology of important events.
Keywords
Hellenistic rulers; Maccabees; Romans; Herodian dynasty; Jerusalem; Temple; Masada.
Hrčak ID:
277926
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Publication date:
23.5.2022.
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