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XiELEd@piefed.social 3 days agoYou know how the Romans collected taxes in there less “Roman” providences?
Well that would certainly explain why the tax collectors get such a bad rap in the Gospels.
Pretty sure it’s a bit related… And there’s nothing wrong with learning a bit more about history
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Sure. Judea was one of many such provinces, and of course there were Jews there, though I don’t know how many of them would have actually been working as tax collectors before Christ, seeing how usury is forbidden in the Torah.
Being dispossessed and forced to work in unclean professions was their punishment for killing an innocent man. Nothing antisemitic about that, they knew what they were doing and chose to go through with it anyways.