(September 27, 2013 at 7:26 pm)Chuck Wrote:(September 27, 2013 at 7:12 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Varus died in that battle. He was far more fortunate fighting the Jews. Then again, so were most people!
Yes, as Josephus insinuated, Jewish martial qualities in that era were more of a fervently held hypothesis than a discernible reality.
Disillusionment at this reality undoubtedly lie at some substrate of the book of revelations.
There is a saying that goes roughly...."whenever you take a mouthful of hot soup the next thing you do will be wrong."
The Jewish rebels definitely took a mouthful of hot soup.