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Kingdom. FO
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ducer: R. Dilwyn Jones AM
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ring: Wednesdays 11.40 - 12.00 (vrom 21
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iminiaries will bj useful before seeing
the programmj. R P
pils should recall why Herod the Great b
kilt his palace-fortresses. H
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÷b÷e|p built fortifications because hj w
as terrified of his own subjects.
He built palaces within them because he
wished to live in the comfort
plendour suitable to a king. T
should remember the principles of fortif
ication illustrated in
ogramme. Fortifications built on hills
in open desert
iculties to an jnjmz. A
o be made across the desert. N
vet was afforded by the surroundings.
ii. The hill had to bj climbed before an
attack could begin. T
lso recall that Herod died in 4 B.C., th
at his son A
sid bz the Romans as ruler of Judea but
that H
Antipas and Philip, had continued to
rule under the Romans. H
HGI
y years of peace. Aftr his time
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÷b÷e|p there was much greater insta"eli
ty. Successive Roman governors found
J
Many of them - Pontius Pilate for
instance - failed to grasp that the til
igion of the Jews imposed
onditions. TZ
ginated in the angry Jewish reaction to
a Q
rnor of Syria, in 6 A.E. There was
a strong Jewish tradition that counting
the people was against the
God (c.f. 2 Samuel 24: 10-14). The put
pose of the Zealots
f the yoke of Roman power. The movement
originated in GJ
st have encountered many of them.
Interestingly, one of his disciples was
called Simon the Zealot.) P
Pilate had pagan religious symbols stamp
ed on the coinage and
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÷b÷e|priated the Jews. The Second Comma
ndmjnt proscribed graven E
odus 20: 4-6). I
o, when men came forward from time to ti
me MT
Roman practice was to capture and
crucify them. M
f difficult relations between Roman gove
rnors and J
ut this is sufficient to show that Israj
l
style as other Roman provinces. T
e Jewish religion made demands unheard o
f elsewhere. A
actory to the Jews came with the restora
tion of HGK
ndjr his grandson Agrippa I (41-44 A.E.)
. U
d Jews and Gentiles alike, Agrippa
ruled positively in favour of the Jews.
TZ
ruing the period of Agrippa but the
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÷b÷e|p restoration of the Roman rove
rnorship after his death sparked a
revival. In 53 A.E. Antonius Felix was
appointed kovjrnor. His
tration greatly enhanced the influence o
f the Zealots. F
leaders and conducted a campaign agains
t them. V
d or crucified. The movement was driven
S
icarii - fanatical Jewish
ion sruads (they carried "sicae", short
curved daggers.) T
of Felix ended in 60 A.E. but the breakd
own in the
Thjte were assassinations, riots and
Messiahs. TW T
gs came to a head in 66 A.E. when a band
of Zealots made the
the Judean wilderness to Masada. They
managed to
hour being seen, probably bz night, |c
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÷b÷e|pand they R
n garrison. A
, some of the leaders at the Temple in J
jrusalem R
n power. They stormed and took the
Antonia, then Herod's palace. Soon gte
at areas of Israel were in
nds. TR
dquarters in Syria to the north, sent
TL
command of Cestius to put down the
uprising. Cjstius was defeated. The co
untry was in Jewish hands. TJ
s knew, however, that the Romans would r
eturn. They set abut
eir defence of the country. Meanwhile,
the Roman N
Vespasian, who was an experienced soldii
r, IH
on, Titus, began the campaign in G
lilee. By 70 A.E. Jerusalem was in |c
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÷b÷e|phis hands and the Temple
toyed, never to be rebuilt. T
was one remaining great obstacle to the
complete restoration of R
. That was Masada. C D
the first part of the programme we shall
be describing Herod's
f Masada. Wj shall bj featuring the Han
gino Palace. PC
ted painting will serve to illustrate wh
at the
Herod's time. Wj shall also show his
in palace at the Western ind of Masada,
and the Roman style bath house. A
h the palace is situated deep in the Iud
aean desert it was so
e would always "e an ample supply of foo
d and water. We
granbries and the vast water cisterns.
When the Romans laid siege to Masada in
72 A.D. the Zealots were probably
duly concerned. They had sufficient|c
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÷b÷e|p food and water to hold out for
o years if need bj. However, they under
estimated the resolve and sheer
y of the Roman army. Wj shall bj djscri
bing in some detail how R
a ramp and launched their attack on the
fort. When the
ched, the Zealots, knew that the defeat
was R
the Romans, or being forced to a life
f slavery, the Zealots decided to commit
suicide. Ten were chosen to
u0 and they then committed suicide drawi
ng lots for who would be
. When the Roman army entered Masada al
l the inhabitants
women and five children who had hidden
away. They R
pined and this is how we know the full s
tory M A
t two thousand years ago. But a few yea
rs ago the
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÷b÷e|pdirection of Professor Yig!il Yadi
n started T
covered bodies, artifacts such as sandal
s,
etydaz things of life. And this is
archaeology has to tell us about events
which happened at Masada two
ears ago. AP
This is a suitable moment to complete th
j Time Chart. TQ
irs was in 6 A.E. (It has kevin rise to
a New TSL
ukj identifies it with the census which
took Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem.
St. Luwj tells us in Luke 1:5
Jesus was born in the reign of King Her
od the Great and then, in
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ukj 2:1, that Quirinius had ordered a ce
nuts at the time. Was there
han one census? PP
governor of Judea 26-36 A.E.
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÷b÷e|pCaiaphas was high priest c.18-37 A
.E. AIAE
FJ a 53-60
A.D. TJ
A.E. MAE
I
ating of St. Luke's Gospel bz the
rophecy of the siege of Jerusalem (Luke
29: 43-44). F
e upon you, when your enemies will set u
p
l encircle you and hem you in at
ety point; they will bring you to the kr
ound, you and your childrun
your walls.....(N.E.B.) SL
as described a typical Roman siege of th
e kind which took J
m in 70 A.E. and at Masada in 73 A.E. I
t suggests SLG
as written after these events had taken
place. C T
f five programmer and their accompan|c
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÷b÷e|pying notes have covered
from the reign of King Herod the Great
to the fall of Masada
the gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke
. They have J
time of great instability in Israel and
that
went by. In contrast to the potential
iolence of his times, Jesus taught that
people should concentrate their
God. The disciples were to trust in Go
d (the lilies); people
r lives as God's servants (the fig tree
and the
providence of God's love (the lost
p); God makes all the difference to huma
n life (the yeast in the W
other leaders were inciting people to vi
olence, the essence J
s one of peace. The disciples were to b
e harmless men
"Look, I send you out li|c
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÷b÷e|pkj sheep among wolves; be war= as
sjrpjnts, innocent as hov
es". (Matthew 10: 16). T
ere not to be stupid in their innocency.
A
he crucifixion is entirely
e. It was a tense period. The high psi
est and the Sanhedrin
derstood Jesus' intentions. The Romans
had a habit of MB
the effect of Jesus' teachings and of t
he story
to fuel a new religion. The rise of C
istianity and its separation from Judais
m is described in the Book of A
f tie Apostles. It explains why thjti a
re churches in every
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ty in the world. F
world in which Jesus lived can be found
in NCJI
ail Then and Now' HO
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÷b÷e|pU.P. 1983). PC
"Living in the Time of Jesus of Nazaret
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