following is a VERY brief understanding of Roman rule and history in Israel...read as much or as little as you want by clicking on 'source'
The history of the Jews in the Roman Empire traces the interaction of Jews and Romans during the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 476). Their cultures began to overlap in the centuries just before the Christian Era. Jews, as part of the Jewish diaspora, migrated to Rome and Roman Europe from the Land of Israel, Asia Minor, Babylon and Alexandria in response to economic hardship and incessant warfare over the land of Israel between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires. In Rome, Jewish communities enjoyed privileges and thrived economically, becoming a significant part of the Empire's population (perhaps as much as ten percent).[1]
The Roman general Pompey in his eastern campaign established the Roman province of Syria in 64 BC and conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC. Julius Caesar conquered Alexandria c. 47 BC and defeated Pompey in 45 BC. Under Julius Caesar, Judaism was officially recognised as a legal religion, a policy followed by the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Herod the Great was designated ‘King of the Jews’ by the Roman Senate in c. 40 BC, the Roman province of Egypt was established in 30 BC, and Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea (biblical Edom) were converted to the Roman province of Iudaea in 6 AD. Jewish-Roman tensions resulted in several Jewish–Roman wars, 66-135 AD, which resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple and institution of the Jewish Tax in 70 and Hadrian's attempt to create a new Roman colony named Aelia Capitolina c. 130. source
Rome invaded, conquered and operated by a well tuned politcal system that sought to rule with the compliance of those conquered or if not, then under the Roman system, which at that time, was the most politcal in the sense we might understand it, order in effect
following here, is the after affects of Roman occupation and the rejection of Christ as their Messiah...also brief but better than nothing
After the
Jewish-Roman wars (66–135),
Hadrian changed the name of
Iudaea province to
Syria Palaestina and
Jerusalem to
Aelia Capitolinain an attempt to erase the
historical ties of the Jewish people to the region.
[10] In addition, after 70, Jews and Jewish
Proselytes were only allowed to practice their religion if they paid the
Jewish tax, and after 135 were barred from Jerusalem except for the day of
Tisha B'Av.
The diaspora
Main article:
Jewish diaspora
Jewish ritual objects depicted in 2nd century
gold glass from Rome
Many of the Judaean Jews were sold into
slavery[11] while others became citizens of other parts of the
Roman Empire. The book of
Acts in the
New Testament, as well as other
Pauline texts, make frequent reference to the large populations of
Hellenised Jews in the cities of the Roman world. These Hellenised Jews were only affected by the
diaspora in its spiritual sense, absorbing the feeling of loss and homelessness which became a cornerstone of the Jewish faith, much supported by persecutions in various parts of the world. The policy towards
proselytization and conversion to Judaism, which spread the Jewish religion throughout
Hellenistic civilization, seems to have ended with the wars against the Romans and the following reconstruction of Jewish values for the post-Temple era.
Of critical importance to the reshaping of Jewish tradition from the Temple-based religion to the traditions of the Diaspora, was the development of the interpretations of the Torah found in the
Mishnah and
Talmud
further, even a brief understanding or reading of the OT, should make one aware of the Jews being taken captive more than once and led into captivity...the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem and temple is also included
to state the Jews ran off is nonsense no matter what understanding a person may have with regards to dispensation or other
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