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

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characteristically spent by Archelaus in rioting<br />

with his fiiends.* But <strong>the</strong> t Ant xrii. people <strong>of</strong><br />

Jerusalem were not easily satisfied. At first liberal<br />

pro- ***»••• mises <strong>of</strong> amnesty <strong>and</strong> reforms had<br />

assuaged <strong>the</strong> populace.' But <strong>the</strong> • Ant. zru<br />

indignation excited by <strong>the</strong> late murder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Rabbis soon burst ^^<br />

> <strong>The</strong> MegiUath Taanith itselt or * RoU <strong>of</strong> Fasts,*<br />

does not mention <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> Herod. But <strong>the</strong><br />

commentator adds to <strong>the</strong> dates 7th Xulev (Nov.)<br />

<strong>and</strong> 2nd Shehhat (Jan.), hoth manifestly incorrect,<br />

<strong>the</strong> notice that Herod had died—on <strong>the</strong> 2nd<br />

Shebhat, Jannai also—at <strong>the</strong> same time telling a<br />

story abont <strong>the</strong> incarceration <strong>and</strong> liberation <strong>of</strong><br />

'seventy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Elders <strong>of</strong> Israel,' evidenUy a<br />

modification <strong>of</strong> Joeephos' acoonnt <strong>of</strong> what passed<br />

in Mie Hi|)|>odrome <strong>of</strong> Jericho. Accordingly,<br />

Ordtz ((}esch. vol. iii. p. 427) <strong>and</strong> Derer^ bourg<br />

(pp. 101, 164) have regarded <strong>the</strong> Ist <strong>of</strong> Shebhat as<br />

really that <strong>of</strong> Herod's death. But this is impossible;<br />

<strong>and</strong> we know enough <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> historical inaccuracy

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