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What is the Real Story of Hanukkah?
Part 7 of the historically accurate 8 Part Series
To read the Introduction to this 8 Part series please click below…
https://lewiscoaches.medium.com/what-is-the-real-story-of-hanukkah-c288e61a17b4
Q. Describe the Roman Period after Herod. What major changes were ushered in that specifically affected the Jews and Jewish life in the holy land?
A. There were many important event and changes that came about; from the formation of the Christian Faith to the various Jewish-Roman Wars and the Destruction of the Second Temple (That is the Western Wall of the Second Temple at the beginning of each of the post in this Series. Of course, historically speaking this is an important time in Judaism for it was here that the rise of Rabbinical Judaism came about. Rabbinical Judaism is still the dominant force in the Jewish world in 2020.
Q. Did Judaism flourish under Roman rule or was it suppressed as it had been under other foreign rulers?
A. The Jewish state was recognized by the Roman Senate inc. 139 BCE. The same vacuum that enabled this to happen was the same power vacuum that was later exploited by the Romans themselves.Hyrcanus II and…
