In the year 70 CE, the two Roman emperors Titus and Vespasian crushed a Jewish revolt by conquering Jerusalem and destroying the Jewish Temple. This event, however, would only unfold its full potential with hindsight, since Christian observers appropriated it for the matters of Salvation History, that is, the idea of how the divine will guides and structures the course of humankind. The Gospels were all written in the shadow of this event and allude to it on several occasions, just as it was ...
