The "Jewishness" of Galilee in the early first century is open to discussion, though. The region was only conquered by the Hasmoneans in 101 BC and the population forcibly converted to Judaism so the depth of the conversion is certainly open for discussion.
Both Sepphoris and Tiberias shut their gates to Josephus and the Jewish rebels basically telling them to go fuck themselves while they admitted Roman garrisons in 67 AD. That certainly does not seem as if they were too committed to the cause.
Both Sepphoris and Tiberias shut their gates to Josephus and the Jewish rebels basically telling them to go fuck themselves while they admitted Roman garrisons in 67 AD. That certainly does not seem as if they were too committed to the cause.
