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However, I think that the temple authorities had the authority to rule on things pertaining to Judean ritual as it related to the temple. Yes, Virginia, there was a Sanhedrin. There may even have been some cases where somebody, a priest or even a HP, had transgressed a tenet sacred to the majority ...

The "Cambridge History" lots of information. part iv REGIONAL VARIETIES OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES 15 · From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth 295 margaret m. mitchell 16 · Overview: the geographical spread of Christianity 302 frank trombley 17· Asia Minor and Achaea 314...

Web page mentioning some of the places in the NT:

http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/NT_Geography.htm

A wee bit of syncretism is evident.

http://ns2.rsok.com/columcille_and_druids.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/40558508

Exactly 40 years before the destruction of the Temple would be 24 years too late to describe the historical installation of an equestrian governor by the Romans with the power of capital punishment reserved to him. So, if the tradition in the Talmud is based on a historical memory of the Sanhedrin ...

It can't just have meant 'nice guy.' This is likely just common knowledge, but Plato had something to say about 'the good.' http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.+Rep.+6.509 http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/plato_good.htm http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/platform.htm http://w...

The most immediately-relevant historical evidence are the statements of Josephus: "AND now Archelaus's part of Judea was reduced into a province, and Coponius, one of the equestrian order among the Romans, was sent as a procurator, having the power of [life and] death put into his hands by Cae...

It can't just have meant 'nice guy.' This is likely just common knowledge, but Plato had something to say about 'the good.' http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.+Rep.+6.509 http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/plato_good.htm http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/platform.htm http://w...

A. F. J. Klijn, on page 94 of Jewish-Christian Gospel Tradition , lists parallels to this text. First, Christian of Stavelot (century IX) writes: Refert Iosephus superliminare quod infinitum magnitudinis erat fractum esse atque divisum, etiam angelicas virtutes tunc in ipso tempore clamasse: Transe...

There is an interesting essay here. http://infidels.org/library/modern/chris_sandoval/daniel.html The evidence for this identification of Daniel's four empires is as follows. Most importantly of all, the fourth empire is clearly Greece. The second half of Daniel consists in four visions: the vision ...