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Quote by: shunyadragon I believe this touches on some issues in the discussion, but it is a little too simplistic. |
Oh, there's a lot more to the story, but that's the basic motivation. The temple was thoroughly corrupted by the Romans. The Jews were being taxed just for being Jewish. The big rebellion had failed.
Jews had to find a way to get people to
want to be Jewish again. There are other chapters of the tail, but without that introductory motivation, none of them make sense.
Does your book mention Philo of Alexandria?