Pharisee had all the extra oral laws and Sadducees followed the torah. The Pharisees came after the Babylon exile and were the Rabbis who begun the Babylon Talmud. They both obeyed the Romans and didn't want any problems, which men like John and Jesus , among others caused.
The Romans served the interests of Rome. They tolerated that which made their control more absolute without wasting too many resources. The Jews capitulated and for a while that cow-towing allowed them to exist. They were run off by later nations and armies and scattered to the winds. When push came to shove they were no more successful in keeping title to the land than the Native Americans here on our continent. Obviously if Israel has legitimate title then so do the tribes of American Indians. But Christians and Jews are not just peoples. They are purely self serving.
If we dissolve all mythical titles and redistrict based only by justice Israel would not exist and neither would Christianity. Who speaks for the REAL victims on this planet. Certainly not Christians or Jews.
During the days of Jesus more Jews lived in Alexandria Egypt and Babylon than Jerusalem. The Jews in Jerusalem had zealous groups, the Jesus kind were non physical, but the physical ones really pissed the Romans off. As such Herods temple got destroyed. I see some Jews and Christians who care about the Palestinians , but not most.
your idiot comment on demographics is a non sequitor. I think the concept that you are struggling to convey is that MOST JEWS did not live in Jerusalem-----you
are right----Jerusalem is kinda small. Jerusalem is not all of Israel/Judea.
There were far more jews in Israel/Judea at that time than in either Babylon or
Alexandria. Another concept that you are struggling to convey is that by
the time of the life of Jesus----there was ALREADY a kind of diaspora----
all true. SO??? there are americans in Paris. There were romans in
Jerusalem back then too. SO? Today there are muslims in New Jersey and
Hindus in Queens, New York. -------and Chinese people in Manhattan.
I forgot to mention----there were greeks in Alexandria too -----and Cleopatra
is thought to have been born in Assyria-----with greek ancestry --she learned the
Egyptian language as an adult
Goodness, one would think that Rome sacked Herod's temple and they all scurried. Poor Israelites had to become nomads again. heck they loved the city of Babylon and Alexander. City life is the place for me, they loved NY , called it the New Jerusalem .
who is this "one" who would think the idiot thoughts that cloud your mind?
Jews have actually never been nomads since the time of Jacob (the son of
Isaac---grandson of Abraham). Jews call New York 'new Jerusalem'---??
nope----never Lots of Christians called various place in American after
Jerusalem--------like the people of SALEM, MASS. With the sack of Jerusalem
lots of jews were forced out of that city by the romans----in fact jews built the
Colosseum (forced labor) but many scatted to the hills-----like SAFED ---
which is north of Jerusalem. The battles continued-----it was Constantine
who made life for jews almost impossible ----that was circa 300 AD. Gee----
you know no history at all----you just keep inventing. I understand----its that legacy of unwashed illiteracy that you carry------quite a burden. Here is a hint---
Constantine would not have had to impose Nazi type laws on jews if there
were no jews in "Palestina". In fact the romans would not have been motivated to rename the place "Palestina"---------they called it JUDEA before then