The Jesus Matrix #12 It has to do with King Herod the great, the Romans, the Pharisees and Sadducees, the Essene sect, and two catastrophic revolts that turned Jerusalem's great temple into a smoldering ruin and turned ancient Israel into a wasteland. In the final analysis, Jesus becomes a “matrix” for examining a whole gamut of religious, political and social phenomena relevant not only to ancient Judaism. Dr. Kenneth Hanson http://drkenhanson.com/
