{"id":10371,"date":"2025-01-02T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=10371"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T14:05:23","slug":"jews-under-roman-rule-by-w-d-morrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/jews-under-roman-rule-by-w-d-morrison\/","title":{"rendered":"Jews Under Roman Rule by W.D. Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s free public domain book is a detailed, well-illustrated and referenced history of the Jewish people under the Roman Empire. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jews-under-roman-rule_morrison.jpg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jews-under-roman-rule_morrison.webp 400w,https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jews-under-roman-rule_morrison-196x300.webp 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jews-under-roman-rule_morrison.jpg\" height=\"611\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jews-under-roman-rule_morrison.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jews-under-roman-rule_morrison-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-10374 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"William Douglas Morrison [1852-1943], The Jews Under Roman Rule\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/book_jews-under-roman-rule_morrison.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Douglas Morrison [1852-1943], <em>The Jews Under Roman Rule<\/em>. The Story of the Nations. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Hbk. pp.426. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>List of Authorities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part 1. Romans Rule\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Roman Policy Before the Conquest of Palestine B.C. 164-63<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Roman Conquest. B.C. 63-41<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Roman Vassal King. B.C. 41-4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Roman Tetrarchs. B.C. 4 to A.D. 37<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Roman Procurators. A.D. 6-37<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Destruction of the Jewish State. A.D. 37-73<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Final Conflicts. A.D. 73-135<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part 2. The Structure of Jewish Society Under the Romans.\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Temple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Synagogue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Law and Tradition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Teachers of the Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Pharisees and the Sadducees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Essenes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The People<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Messianic Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Jews Abroad<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-10371_d63faa-35 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-10371_d63faa-35 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-10371_d63faa-35\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main image: The Temple of Jupiter, by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/djedj-59194\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3657496\">djedj<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/djedj-59194\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3657496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pixabay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s free public domain book is a detailed, well-illustrated and referenced history of the Jewish people under the Roman Empire. 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