• Last lesson
    • More aspects of Herod’s rule
    • The temple renovations by Herod
    • How Jerusalem of Herod’s day appeared
  • This lesson
    • Finish Lesson 8!
    • Role of women in 1st century Jewish society
  • Absence from history of killing infants
    • Josephus was not a Christian
    • He was a Pharisee
    • No interest in promoting Jesus as the Messiah
    • What about the Testimonium Flavianum?
    • Was it consistent with Herod’s behavior?
  • How did Jerusalem appear in 1st century?
    • Why might it matter?
    • What is to gain?
  • What do we have to work with?
    • Archaeological finds
    • Verbal descriptions from the time
    • Resultant cartographers’ and artists’ depictions
    • Matthew 23:29-39
    • Matthew 24:1-3
    • Luke 19:36-44
    • II Kings 20:20 – Hezekiah’s tunnel