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grmann

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January 24, 2017 - 11:54 am

Why do none of the gospels refer to the Jewish revolt?

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Stephen
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January 24, 2017 - 2:18 pm

Well many scholars do see the Jewish Revolt as subtext in the gospels, especially Mark.  There specifically in the so-called “Little Apocalypse” in Chapter 13.

You should ask Prof Ehrman this question directly over in his blog.  I for one think this would be a great subject for a thread.

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February 25, 2017 - 2:17 am

 My serious wild guess is that everyone was very well aware of the events of the revolt at the time so there was no reason to discuss it in an explanatory dialogue. Today when we discuss President Obama in normal conversation we do not interrupt the train of thought to explain to our neighbors that he is African American. Secondly, the Jewish revolt was indeed instrumental in the great growth of the Christian movement however, it really was unimportant concerning the edicts of Christian doctrines specifically. Therefore, again there was no need to discuss “The Jews” or risk any writings about it being associated with the Christian movement. This was a time when Christians wanted to disassociate themselves from “The Jews” in order to make themselves palatable to the Romans.

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March 2, 2017 - 3:41 pm

grmann said
Why do none of the gospels refer to the Jewish revolt?  

grmann said
Why do none of the gospels refer to the Jewish revolt?  

Jesus’ description of the Destruction of the Temple is a reference to the Jewish Civil War and the Jewish Revolt against Rome.

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