Statement

Perhaps, privately, Jews like Philo and Josephus loathed Roman rule; they nonetheless judged outward submission the safest course, and may have genuinely believed that Rome's power came from God, who was using it for his purposes as he had once used the Persians.

References

1. p. 93

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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