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The fourth-century Church Father Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis cite a tradition that before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 the early Christians had been warned to flee to Pella in the region of the Decapolis across the Jordan River. The flight to Pella probably did not include the Ebionites. [1] [2]
Similarly to Epiphanius, Eusebius of Caesarea recounts how Pella was a refuge for Jerusalem Christians who were fleeing the First Jewish–Roman War in the 1st century CE. [26] Pella is alleged to have been the site of one of Christianity's earliest churches, but no evidence has been found of this.
Eusebius of Caesarea wrote in the 4th century that most members of the Jerusalem early church had fled to the East Bank, to Pella, before the start of the Jewish War in 68. [46] Ludger Schenke summarizes: "Palestinian Jewish Christianity was fighting for its existence in a hopeless situation. It was caught between all camps ...
Further evidence of Jewish responses to the destruction of Jerusalem is found in the Sibylline Oracles, [513] a compilation of prophecies attributed to Greek prophetesses but authored by Jewish and later Christian writers to express their views to the Greco-Roman world through a respected and authoritative voice. [514]
The traditional view of the separation of Judaism and Christianity has Jewish-Christians fleeing, en masse, to Pella (shortly before the fall of the Temple in 70 AD) as a result of Jewish persecution and hatred. [20] Steven D. Katz says "there can be no doubt that the post-70 situation witnessed a change in the relations of Jews and Christians ...
The city's leading Christians relocate to Pella. c. 90–96 CE: Jews and Christians heavily persecuted throughout the Roman Empire towards the end of the reign of Domitian. 115–117 CE: Jews revolt against the Romans throughout the empire, including Jerusalem, in the Kitos War.
A Baptist married to a Jewish man, she’s inspired by the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and influenced by the religious traditions of her mother’s native India as well as the Black ...
The fourth-century church fathers Eusebius and Epiphanius of Salamis cite a tradition that before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 the Jerusalem Jewish Christians had been warned to flee to Pella in the region of the Decapolis across the Jordan River. [5] After the destruction of Jerusalem, they came back to the city.