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9 Best Novels About Roman Judaea and Second Temple Society
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Roman Judaea and Second Temple Society
4 BCE–66 CE
After Herod's death, parts of his kingdom passed to his heirs and Judaea later came under direct Roman prefects. Roman taxation and local aristocratic authority operated alongside the Jerusalem Temple.
Jewish society included competing legal, priestly and apocalyptic traditions. Political protest, prophetic movements and expectations of divine intervention developed under imperial rule.
King Jesus places its reinterpretation of the gospel narrative within this mixture of Roman administration, dynastic politics and religious debate.
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Agrippina the Younger15–59 Augustus64 BCE–14 Caratacus15–54 Claudius11 BCE–54 Hadrian76–138 Herod Antipasborn 21 BCE Herod the Great75 BCE–5 BCE Jesus Christc. 0s BCE–30 John the Baptist7 BCE–30 Josephus37–100 Judas Iscariotdied c. 30s Mary Magdalenedied c. 1st century Nero37–68 Paul the Apostle5–66 Pontius Pilatusborn 13 BCE Saint Peter2 BCE–65 Titus39–81 Trajan53–117 Vespasian9–79
Non Fiction
2 Non-Fiction Books About Roman Judaea and Second Temple Society
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