The Evolution of Christianity
The Evolution of Christianity
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17, 18, 22.
134 JUDAISM.
without resistance, because Hebrew piety had now attained a perfection which placed the observance of Mosaic law above the duties of patriotism.
Another century witnessed the dominion of the Ptolemies in Jud^a, followed by the invasion of Antiochus the Great, who defeated the Egyptian general and annexed the Holy Land, under the name of Palestine, to the kingdom of Syria.
The Jews enjoyed an interval of prosperity under their new master and his immediate successor, but ...Anti- ochus Epiphanes sold and resold the office of High Priest to rival candidates of Grecian culture, whose tumultuous conflicts summoned the Syrian monarch to Jerusalem, where he massacred forty thousand of the inhabitants, plundered the temple, defiled the sanctuary, and departed with a multitude of captives, leaving the sur- vivors at the mercy of a Phrygian governor surpassing his master in cruelty.
Two years later Antiochus sent Apollonius to Jeru- salem to revive the tragedy of rapine, slavery, and massacre, with the appalhng results of thousands slain, whilst piously obeying the fourth commandment, the city plundered and burnt, its walls demolished, and hostile fortifications constructed on Mount Zion, within which the Syrian garrison retired with the captive wives and daughters of the dishonoured dead.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
17, 18, 22.
134 JUDAISM.
without resistance, because Hebrew piety had now attained a perfection which placed the observance of Mosaic law above the duties of patriotism.
Another century witnessed the dominion of the Ptolemies in Jud^a, followed by the invasion of Antiochus the Great, who defeated the Egyptian general and annexed the Holy Land, under the name of Palestine, to the kingdom of Syria.
The Jews enjoyed an interval of prosperity under their new master and his immediate successor, but ...Anti- ochus Epiphanes sold and resold the office of High Priest to rival candidates of Grecian culture, whose tumultuous conflicts summoned the Syrian monarch to Jerusalem, where he massacred forty thousand of the inhabitants, plundered the temple, defiled the sanctuary, and departed with a multitude of captives, leaving the sur- vivors at the mercy of a Phrygian governor surpassing his master in cruelty.
Two years later Antiochus sent Apollonius to Jeru- salem to revive the tragedy of rapine, slavery, and massacre, with the appalhng results of thousands slain, whilst piously obeying the fourth commandment, the city plundered and burnt, its walls demolished, and hostile fortifications constructed on Mount Zion, within which the Syrian garrison retired with the captive wives and daughters of the dishonoured dead.
What to read after The Evolution of Christianity?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Gill to read onlineMoreLess
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