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February 4, 2025

A Detailed Record of a Roman Court Case Involving Two Judeans

Extortion, tax evasion, counterfeiting, inciting rebellion, and forging documents.

A team of researchers have recently translated an ancient papyrus that describes what one of them terms “the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus.” Nathan Steinmeyer writes:

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