Word: titus
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...come not to bring peace but a sword"), little of Jesus' militancy appears in the Gospels. The reason, argues Brandon, was that Christianity early in its history underwent an earth-shaking trauma: the fall of Jerusalem. In A.D. 70, the legionaries of the Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus put down a four-year rebellion led by a group of Jewish rebels known as the Zealots, and destroyed the city. In Rome, where Titus returned in triumph brandishing trophies from the ruined Temple, feelings were running high against Jewish intransigence in general and the Zealot rebellion in particular...
...marauding Philistine tribesmen, even if for this he demanded tribute. He foraged far and wide, bringing retribution where it was due and giving succour where it was needed." Even in one of the most tragic defeats of Hebrew history-the futile defense of Jerusalem against the Roman general Titus in A.D. 70-Jews displayed a fanatic resourcefulness. Making early use of the fifth column, they sent into the Roman ranks supposedly disaffected citizens who offered to lead the besieging troops through Jerusalem's gates. When the Romans approached, the fifth columnists turned on them, while the city...
...that custom. A Vanderbilt professor surveyed Tennessee's school districts, found that the only change some had made was to let each teacher decide whether or not to read the Bible, and give students a right to step momentarily out of the classroom. In Georgia, Associate Superintendent H. Titus Singletary concedes that most schools in his state have prayer, if only in the form of silent meditation...
...YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, New York City. The outdoor theater in Cen tral Park will be the scene of King John, July 5-July 29, and Titus Andronicus, Aug. 2-Aug. 26. Ben Jonson is getting a hearing with his Volpone, performed on a mobile unit around the five boroughs until...
COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Boulder, Colo. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry VI, Part 1, and Titus Andronicus. Aug. 5 through...