The Jewish War: First half of Book 5
Apr. 6th, 2026 08:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cahnHappy day-after-Easter!
Last week: Eyeliner shows that the Zealot faction is really bad! (No, really!) The Year of the Four Emperors, and those emperors discussed. Nero and his end. Lord Hervey of Frederician salon makes a surprise appearance!
This week: Titus attacks Jerusalem, but the factions have already done a lot of the work for him...
Next week: Rest of book 5!
Last week: Eyeliner shows that the Zealot faction is really bad! (No, really!) The Year of the Four Emperors, and those emperors discussed. Nero and his end. Lord Hervey of Frederician salon makes a surprise appearance!
This week: Titus attacks Jerusalem, but the factions have already done a lot of the work for him...
Next week: Rest of book 5!
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Date: 2026-04-09 04:22 am (UTC)Also: kudos to Luke to just being straightforward about it :P But interestingly I Feel like "the evil that defiles" in Mark could be taken (?) to mean the internal strife regarding the temple that Josephus talks about, but Matthew bringing in Daniel seems rather to implicate the "king" (presumably Vespasian or Titus) rather than internal strife?
I also appreciated the commentary on Zacharias, whom I admit I have never thought of before at all.