Temple

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For Jesus, as for all Jews of his time, the Temple of Jerusalem was the holiest place in Israel: it was there that God manifested his presence. But the Roman occupation of Palestine forced the High Priests to agree to a trade-off: the Temple would remain a Jewish enclave where they were free to practice their religion, and the rest of the country would fall under imperial authority. Were Judeans and Galileans able to accept this? Who were the High Priests: religious Jews? collaborators? back-up ranks for the governor's police force? Why were the Pharisees and the Sadduccees opposed to one other? How did Jesus situate himself in relation to these two religious groups? In the episode in which the merchants were chased from the Temple, did Jesus really or only symbolically aspire to the power of the High Priests? Was there really an "occurrence" or were the events edited to coincide with Biblical prophecies? Did Jesus want to overturn the Temple of Jerusalem?