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Behind the New Testament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

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It has been the fate of the Jewish people to spend most of their history under foreign rule, and Rome, who governed Palestine during the period of the New Testament and for centuries after it, was only one of a series of powers who throughout the ages became masters of the country for varying lengths of time and controlled it with varying success.

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1970

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