Judaism
There are 298 items in Judaism:
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Judaea
Judaea: small province of the Roman empire, more or less equivalent to modern Israel and the Palestinian territories. This part of the Roman empire is exceptionally well-known because we have sources written by the native population.Annexation …Judaea (governors)
ROMAN EMPERORS PREFECTS Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE) Coponius (6-9) M. Ambibulus (9-12) Annius Rufus (12-15) Tiberius (14-37) Valerius Gratus (15-26) Pontius Pilate (26-36) Marcellus (36-37) Caligula (37-41) Marullus (37-41) RULE OF KING HEROD AGRIPPA (41-44) ROMAN EMPERORS PROCURATORS Claudius(41-54) C. Cuspius Fadus (44-46) Tib. Julius Alexander (46-48) P. Ventidius Cumanus (48-52) M. Antonius Felix (52-58) Nero (54-68) Porcius Festus…Judas son of Hezekiah
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Judas, son of Hezekiah…Judas the Galilean
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Judas the Galilean (6 CE) Sources: Flavius Josephus,…Julius Alexander Jr
Tiberius Julius Alexander: Egyptian Jew, Roman governor of Judaea (46-48) and Egypt (68-69), one of the commanders during the Roman siege of Jerusalem (70). …Julius Alexander Sr
Tiberius Julius Alexander (first half first century CE): one of the pro-Roman leaders of the Jews of Alexandria, protector of the Herodian prince Herod Agrippa, who was to become king of Judaea. …Justin on Bar Kochba
Simon ben Kosiba, surnamed Simon bar Kochba ("son of the star") was a Jewish Messiah. Between 132 and 135, he was the leader of the last resistance against the Romans. After the end of the disastrous rebellion, the rabbis called…King Herod Agrippa I
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.King Herod Agrippa (44 CE) Sources: Flavius Josephus,…Kittim
Kittim: Jewish name for the gentile archenemy in the eschatological age. One of the "ships of the Kittim": a Roman warship…
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Luke's seventy-seven generations
Luke's Seventy-Seven Generations: a Messianic prediction in the Gospel of Luke, based on a parallel in the First Book of Enoch.In the Gospel of Luke 3.23-38, we can read the genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth. Although we may be confident…