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In the decades of the 20s and 30s of the 1st century CE, a Jew from the town of Nazareth in the Galilee began preaching that the God of Israel would soon intervene in history, restoring that nation to God's original plan and...

Political power in the ancient world rested on dynastic legitimacy, control of court and military institutions, religious authority, and the ability to maintain stability...