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| Title: The First Jewish Revolt. Social Conflict and the Problem of Debt Secondary Title: JJS Volume: 33 Pages: 417-427 Type: Journal Article Year: 1982 Abstract: "The main cause of the disaster was neither the moral decay that Josephus claimed to see, nor the cruel imperialism of the Roman enemy, but something much more insidious: Judaean society rotted from within because of the social imbalance caused by excessive wealth attracted during the Pax Romana into the holy city of Jerusalem".
"During the period leading up to the Jewish Revolt in A.D. 66, Judean society was rotting from within because of the social imbalance caused by the excessive wealth attracted to Jerusalem. One way of investing surplus wealth was lending cash to others, a practice that in many cases pushed the poor into banditry or slavery. Nevertheless, some of the rich were able to take temporary control of the Revolt after it had started". - D.J.H. Keywords: History of the Judean War (66-73) |