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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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<strong>the</strong> ftir<strong>the</strong>r return <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exiles, lest <strong>the</strong> country<br />

should be depopulated.'<br />

So large <strong>and</strong> compact a body soon became a<br />

political power. Kindly<br />

treated under <strong>the</strong> Persian monarchy, <strong>the</strong>y were,<br />

after <strong>the</strong> fall <strong>of</strong> that<br />

»^8Cb.c. empire,* favoured by <strong>the</strong> successors <strong>of</strong><br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er. When in turn <strong>the</strong><br />

«c8b.o. Macedono-Syrian rule gave place to <strong>the</strong><br />

Parthian Empire,* <strong>the</strong> Jews<br />

formed, from <strong>the</strong>ir national opposition to Rome, an<br />

important element<br />

in <strong>the</strong> East. Such was <strong>the</strong>ir influence that, as late as<br />

<strong>the</strong> year 40 A.D.,<br />

<strong>the</strong> ftoman legate shrank from provoking <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

hostility.* At <strong>the</strong>

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