There are NO Yt People in the BIble?
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JoelB
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Just because someone was called a Roman/Greek back then does not mean they were cacs. Those terms were about citizenship and culture, not race. You could be a Jew, African, or Arab and still be a Roman citizen or adopt Greek customs.
James (brother of Jesus) opened his letter by saying “the twelve tribes scattered among the nations” (James 1:1). he was writing to ethnic jews within the Roman empire.
Paul says "for I also am an israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Romans, 11:1 but he also claims natural born Roman citizenship in Acts 22:25-28
Under the Seleucid empire, hellinization was big...meaning if you dont drop your religion/customs for theirs, they would literally kill you. Hence the Maccabean Revolt...some israelites were willing to die than assimilate. Many jews did convert tho
u can also check out Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, Siculus, and Plutarch to lf you want extrabiblical sources
Below are Fayum Mummy portraits ...1 century AD. they would have been Egyptian by blood. But under Roman rule, they would've been considered Romans by citizenship
James (brother of Jesus) opened his letter by saying “the twelve tribes scattered among the nations” (James 1:1). he was writing to ethnic jews within the Roman empire.
Paul says "for I also am an israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Romans, 11:1 but he also claims natural born Roman citizenship in Acts 22:25-28
Under the Seleucid empire, hellinization was big...meaning if you dont drop your religion/customs for theirs, they would literally kill you. Hence the Maccabean Revolt...some israelites were willing to die than assimilate. Many jews did convert tho
u can also check out Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, Siculus, and Plutarch to lf you want extrabiblical sources
Below are Fayum Mummy portraits ...1 century AD. they would have been Egyptian by blood. But under Roman rule, they would've been considered Romans by citizenship
The harsh kind of slavery we know in the West didn’t exist back then. Slavery in Bible times wasn’t as cruel, and people could buy their freedom. About genocide, that’s your opinion. Show me where God says, "Go out and be genocidal," and explain the context.
No it does not
