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

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e described as a mixture <strong>of</strong> Greek <strong>and</strong> Syrian<br />

worship, <strong>the</strong> former preponderating, as might be<br />

expected.^ On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, Herod <strong>and</strong> his<br />

successors encouraged <strong>the</strong> worship <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Emperor<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Home, which, characteristically, was<br />

chiefly practised in <strong>the</strong> East.^ Thus, in <strong>the</strong> temple<br />

which Herod built to Augustus in<br />

' Herod rebuilt or bailt o<strong>the</strong>r cities, such at<br />

AntipatriB, Cjpros, Phasaelis, An<strong>the</strong>don, kc,<br />

Sohiiror deflcribw <strong>the</strong> two first as built, but <strong>the</strong>y<br />

were only rtfbnilt or fortified (comp. Ant. ziii.<br />

15.1; War i. 21. 8) by Herod.<br />

* He also rebailt Sepphoris.<br />

• Comp. on <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> civic in-Jtitations <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Boxnan Empire, jTkAh,<br />

Die St^dt. a. biiigerL Verl d. Bom. Beichs, 2 yols.;<br />

<strong>and</strong> fbr this part, yoL il. pp. 886-364, <strong>and</strong> pp.<br />

87

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