Year of the Passover: Jesus and the Early Christians in the Roman Empire by John Hagan (9780982082805)
John Hagan Release Date: 15 March 2010 Format: Paperback Pages: 532 Publisher: Rauson Group ISBN: 9780982082805 ISBN-10: 0982082800
Year of the Passover ranges far and wide across the brutal landscape of the eastern Roman Empire of two thousand years ago.New insights are gained on the origins of Christianity and the reasons for Jesus' crucifixion as New Testament events are accurately dated within the established framework of Roman and Jewish history.Central to this secular and unapologetic work are the writings of historian Flavius Josephus, who was born in the shadow of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Trained as a Jewish priest, Josephus went on to become a general in the disastrous Jewish revolt of A.D. 66.