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A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, First Division, Vol. II is unavailable, but you can change that!

This classic text has been a trusted source of Jewish history for over 100 years. This volume provides insight into the world in which Jesus and the apostolic fathers conducted their ministry.

site of Jerusalem, the history of which is given below in the account of the war. Other new foundings of Palestinian cities belong to a period later than that of which we treat, such as that of Diocaesarea=Sepphoris (known under its new name from the time of Antonius Pius, see Div. II. vol. i. p. 136), Diospolis=Lydda, Eleutheropolis (both under Septimius Severus),14 Nicopolis=Emmaus (under Heliogabulus). The destruction of Jerusalem brought about a violent revolution in the inner life of the Jewish
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