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- Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:40 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The woman with the hemorrhage: a political story?
- Replies: 66
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Re: The woman with the hemorrhage: a political story?
Now, if these were the only parallels between the New Testament and Josephus that contain names associated with the Jewish rebellion against Rome, I would still not consider them particularly interesting or relevant. But they are not the only ones. In A Shift in Time I describe how these rebellion-...
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:51 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The woman with the hemorrhage: a political story?
- Replies: 66
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Re: The woman with the hemorrhage: a political story?
It is a very interesting focus on the impact of a religious reform movement on the political life of a community. It is said that war is the continuation of politics by other means and it could also be said that religion also plays a similar role in society; religious activity helps to create new p...
- Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:31 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The woman with the hemorrhage: a political story?
- Replies: 66
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The woman with the hemorrhage: a political story?
In Antiquity nations and peoples were symbolized by women. There is proof of this in coins and other images. There are, for example, the well-known Roman ‘Iudea capta’ (Judea captured) coins minted by Vespasian from 71 CE onwards, showing a subjected and mourning woman under a palm tree, symbolizing...