Episode 77 The Sanhedrin Departs the Temple

What does the Sanhedrin leaving its official chamber tell us about 1st century Jerusalem?
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What does the Sanhedrin leaving its official chamber tell us about 1st century Jerusalem?
Supplemental Materials:
In the years before the Temple was destroyed, Jerusalem was filled with many rival groups, some of which would soon undergo profound changes.
The tale of a Roman emperor's demands of Jerusalem is a story worth discovering again.
Herod's grandson is remembered with fondness by rabbinic texts.
By participating in an ancient ceremony, Agrippa shows that, for all his reverence for Jerusalem, he was ultimately a Roman leader and not a Jewish one.
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