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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (102937)	6/26/2003 12:14:32 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Interesting personality, Josephus Flavius, lot of parallels to Paul. Suggested reading for everybody. "Intesting" is one way to put it. For Jews, reading Josephus is comparable to an American's reading Benedict's Arnold's History of the Late Lamentable American Rebellion, supposing the American War of Independence had been defeated and George Washington hung for treason.

To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (102937)	6/26/2003 12:26:39 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

I have seen reputable sites conflate the destruction of the Second Temple, circa 70 A.D., with the Bar Kochba rebellion, which occured almost 70 years later, so it is easy to do. What happened was that Hadrian decided to build a pagan temple where the Second Temple had stood, precipitating the final rebellion, which led to Masada. Fighting was fierce on both sides, and there were many deaths. The Romans destroyed many towns and villages, and expelled Jews from Jerusalem, forbidding them to enter for centuries. Since all of this amounted effectively to driving out the Jews remaining in Judea, it is generally referred to as an expulsion, and that is how I learned it. However, Cobalt is right that there was never any formal declaration forcing Jews outside of Jerusalem to leave.