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| | Theology Today - Vol 50, No.3 - October 1993 - ARTICLE - Jesus in Historical Context |
 | | Most scholars, however, maintain that Herod also built a theatre, an amphitheatre, and a hippodrome in or near Jerusalem, that he held quadrennial games at Jerusalem, and that once every four years Jerusalem was filled with gentile athletes, actors, gladiators, and spectators, celebrating the glory of Rome, its emperor, and its gods. |
 | | Of the scholars just listed, Schalit drew the widest conclusions from the supposed establishment of games at Jerusalem, but even he did not mention the problem of idolatry. |
 | | Lists in Josephus both praise and blame Herod for his gentile buildings, but gymnasia in his own territory are never mentioned. |
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