Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- The Zealots and Jesus
- The revolution theory from Reimarus to Brandon
- The date and character of Mark
- Some observations on Tendenzkritik
- Argumentum e silentio
- The Poor and the Zealots
- The opposition between Jesus and Judaism
- Judaeo-Christianity and the Jewish establishment, A.D. 33–66
- A.D. 70 in Christian reflection
- The trial of Jesus in the Acta Pilati
- Christ as brigand in ancient anti-Christian polemic
- Jesus as a political agent in a version of the Josippon
- The Feeding of the Multitude
- The coin of ‘Render unto Caesar …’ (A note on some aspects of Mark 12: 13–17; Matt. 22: 15–22; Luke 20:20–26)
- Render to Caesar
- The Temple tax
- ‘Not peace but a sword’: Matt. 10:34ff; Luke 12: 51ff
- The decision of the Supreme Court to put Jesus to death (John 11:47–57) in its context: tradition and redaction in the Gospel of John
- The ‘triumphal’ entry
- The two swords (Luke 22: 35–38)
- The titulus
- Romans 13
- Biblical criticism criticised: with reference to the Markan report of Jesus's examination before the Sanhedrin
- The political charge against Jesus (Luke 23: 2)
- The trial before Pilate
- ‘His witness is true’: A test of the Johannine claim
- Index of Authors
- Index of References
The Poor and the Zealots
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- The Zealots and Jesus
- The revolution theory from Reimarus to Brandon
- The date and character of Mark
- Some observations on Tendenzkritik
- Argumentum e silentio
- The Poor and the Zealots
- The opposition between Jesus and Judaism
- Judaeo-Christianity and the Jewish establishment, A.D. 33–66
- A.D. 70 in Christian reflection
- The trial of Jesus in the Acta Pilati
- Christ as brigand in ancient anti-Christian polemic
- Jesus as a political agent in a version of the Josippon
- The Feeding of the Multitude
- The coin of ‘Render unto Caesar …’ (A note on some aspects of Mark 12: 13–17; Matt. 22: 15–22; Luke 20:20–26)
- Render to Caesar
- The Temple tax
- ‘Not peace but a sword’: Matt. 10:34ff; Luke 12: 51ff
- The decision of the Supreme Court to put Jesus to death (John 11:47–57) in its context: tradition and redaction in the Gospel of John
- The ‘triumphal’ entry
- The two swords (Luke 22: 35–38)
- The titulus
- Romans 13
- Biblical criticism criticised: with reference to the Markan report of Jesus's examination before the Sanhedrin
- The political charge against Jesus (Luke 23: 2)
- The trial before Pilate
- ‘His witness is true’: A test of the Johannine claim
- Index of Authors
- Index of References
Summary
The economic conditions of Palestine were marked by a sharp rise in prosperity in the Hasmonaean period and a decline in the middle of the first century B.C., caused by the civil wars, the Roman intervention with its financial burden, and the remigration of such Jews as had been settled by the Hasmonaeans in territories which were separated again from the Jewish commonwealth by the Romans. The rule of Herod, the son of the financial ἐπίτϱοπος of the last Hasmonaean, meant a sophistication of the taxation system and, perhaps, an increase of the levy, but, by and large, a slow rise in prosperity. The many public edifices which were erected under Herod indicate the existence of certain financial resources and the new possibility of long-term commitments. The expansion of certain crafts and, indeed, the new establishment of others must have been the consequence of this building wave. The economic situation was such that no special reason for discontent existed. The same is true for the Roman period. The new valuation of property, a certain alteration in the fiscal system, caused discontent, but there is no substantial evidence for an increase in the burden on the population. Occasional sequestrations, like the appropriation of Temple-money for the improvement of the water supply of Jerusalem, were for the benefit of the people, and major wars, such as would have demanded the use of the resources of Palestine, did not take place. The pilgrimages, which were very important especially for Jerusalem, are likely to have increased considerably in the times of the Pax Augusta.
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- Jesus and the Politics of his Day , pp. 109 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984
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