The purpose of this essay is to analyze various sources on the Jerusalem Aqueduct Riots. This event took place in chapter 9 of the book. I will give an overview of the event from my point of view, then as Maier describes it, and as each source describes it. I will compare and contrast these versions, and decide whether Maier’s version is valid. I will be using two primary sources, both written by the Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. The first source is from The Wars of the Jews, Book 2, Chapter 9. The second is from The Antiquities of the Jews, Book 18, Chapter 3. I will also be using two secondary sources. The first is the section of the Wikipedia Page on Pontius Pilate on the subject, and the second is an analysis on the event from livius.org. First, I will give an overview of the event. Jerusalem desperately needed a better water supply, the solution was to build a system of aqueducts for the city. To do this the taxes on the city would have to be raised significantly, alternatively the surplus of the temple treasury from that year could be used. After giving the high priests this ultimatum, they agreed with Pilate to use the treasury funds for the aqueduct. The Jewish people were not told of this, and word got out shortly after it was …show more content…
The first is Wikipedia, which states a brief overview, along with this, “when Jews again protested his actions he gave the signal for his soldiers to randomly attack, beat and kill – in an attempt to silence Jewish petitions.” My second source is an analysis of the event from livius.org. It starts by briefly describing the aqueduct in its construction. The writer then explains the temple treasury, and that it could be used for public welfare such as this. Therefore. the consent of the high priests is implied, and “It is unclear what Pilate did wrong.” It then states that the riots probably took place during a festival, and that the soldiers were most likely local
I did happen to know about the tragedy of World War II and how Jewish people were treated. I
By the time they en figured out what hitler and the Nazis were doing it was to late to do anything because the Nazis had already established over 20,000 camps for the labor, transit, and extermination of the jews. The thought of being sent to one of those camps is enough to make any man pee his pants a little. I can’t imagine that the jews felt any differently. They knew more than anyone that any kind of revolt without help would pretty much be the annihilation of the jews who attempted, so they decided to avoid the Nazis as much as possible which is completely understandable most likely anyone in such a situation would react the same
Week One Jewish Struggle against Hellenism Response Antiochus Epiphanes IV was a Greek Hellenistic king, and it was under his reign that Hellenism advanced throughout the region influencing every aspect of Jewish life except when it came to Judaism. According to Roetzel (2002), “Antiochus’s complete contempt for Judaism is, in fact, evident in the way he manipulated the high priestly office” (p. 12). Antiochus’s underhanded ploy to subversively control the priesthood only caused more contention among the traditional Jews. The contention between the traditional Jews and those who were compromising their religious beliefs with a pagan religion was on the brink of erupting into a civil war.
This string of events shows that even though the Jewish community was able to settle a new way of
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This theory led to an extreme hatred of the Jews and the killing of thousands of them. Thousands of Jews were burned and tortured. “Those who wanted to baptize themselves were spared”(doc 7). During the plague was not the only time Jews were targeted for their beliefs. During the First Crusade, on the Christian’s way to defeat the Muslims in Jerusalem, they killed thousands of Jews in the Rhineland Massacres simply because of their non-Christian beliefs.
When they did, it was too late and they were forced into ghettos and treated as subhuman. Jews remained silent and optimistic
This essay, "Cry 'Havoc '" described the relationship between riots that occured in ancient Rome and the ones that happen today. The narratives in which these riots were told were successfully mentioned as well. Simmilaries and differences were distinguished for the causes of the riots from ancient Rome and today. Riots that occured in Rome, London, and Baltimore are the ones mentioned the most. Simmilarities consisited of rising prices of homes, political tensions, or the damage of public and private property.
The Jews went out with their book of the law and the Christians with the gospel. (DBQ: The Black Death,
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A Fierce Discontent McGerr, Michael E. A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 18701920. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005. Print. In “A fierce Discontent”, the main thesis of the book is to give insight to the progressive movement during the 19th century.
Regaining control of the Holy Land was a way of showing the emperors that the popes had jurisdiction in their
The Martyrdom of St. Perpetua and Felicity, which is a story about Perpetua’s trial due to her beliefs in Christianity, was written in the year 203 by three different authors, Perpetua, Satururs, and an unknown narrator. Perpetua wrote her part of the story while she was in prison, perhaps to give others the strength to stand up for what they believe in. Perpetua lived in Carthage under the Roman Empire, where the paterfamilias meant everything. The paterfamilias is the father of the household; they have the ability to take away the life of their children which means they have complete control over them. However, in The Martyrdom of St. Perpetua and Felicity, Perpetua disobeys her father.