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There was also poverty. The Mediterranean economy under Rome made some Jews rich but impoverished many: first-century Judea saw famines and joblessness. Rome seized land and levied taxes and tolls (some 30 percent of a farmer's income, by one estimate); added to this were the famine of the 40s, joblessness once the Temple works ended, and the concentration of land in the hands of Herod and the rich. In debt or landless, some entered bondage themselves, or put their children into it; others became bandits.

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1. p. 96

   supports · main text · ch. 4

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

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2. p. 96

   supports · main text · ch. 4

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

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