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Antiquities..., 15, 11, 7: "There was also an occult passage built for the king; it led from Antonia to the inner temple, at its eastern gate; over which he also erected for himself a tower, that he might have the opportunity of a subterraneous ascent to the temple, in order to guard against an...

Wrong. The Passover "slaughter" was in 3 B.C. after Herod had died and Archelaus assumed control. But so much is wrong about your post. So: TELL ME!! Prove that I'm wrong. Do it. Edit: I need to add to what I just wrote lest it appear that I'm screaming at the monitor and the nurses are g...

"The Sea" then becomes symbolic of all of those people who came from surrounding areas and countries who are surrounding the Temple for Passover. CW Hi Charles, I also think that the sea and the temple are connected on a symbolic level, but I haven't figured out in which sense. Your expla...

Mark 12: 1 (Alexander Aramaic): [1] And he began speaking to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a waterway around it. And he dug into it a winepress and built in it a cellar, and he took on workers and went to observe from a distance. I believe that there is an entirely differe...

Update from Kenneth J. Dover, The Greeks , p. 10: In discussing the word "Amargi" => "Freedom", he states: "...But there are many different freedoms. " Amargi ", like the Akkadian word which translates it in bilingual documents, covers manumission of slaves, remiss...

Bernard_Muller: Dio Epitome 64: "Again one soldier would have a private conversation with an opponent: "Comrade, fellow-citizen, what are we doing? Why are we fighting? Come over to my side." "No, indeed! You come to my side." But what is there surprising about this, conside...

2nd Post. For those who do not know of me, I believe that a large part of the NT was a re-write of the Temple Slaughter of 4 BCE, given in Josephus, Antiquities... , Book 17 and Wars... , Book 2. I typically follow Logic Trails that somehow consistently end up with the Hasmoneans, The House of Eleaz...

Hello everyone- First Post here! I know (and probably irritate...) a number Posters from other forums who have made their way here. "There goes the neighborhood!" I hope that it'll be good to be here. Jay- I just got through re-reading Hyam Maccoby's, _The Mythmaker_, and many of your conc...