I've begun a detailed chronological analysis of all these parallels in the context of the events of the Jewish war, here:
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28972&start=0
OK guys, I leave you with this...
During the beginning of this study I didn't realise - but this is very bad anti-semitism! This is when the temple of Jerusalem was destroyed - so this is the part the Romans really wanted to hit home big time. Before I didn't even know what "Woe to you, blind...
Arouet, with all due respect I began the discussion with a series of questions about the parallels on page 4, but nobody bothered answering them. Nobody else has begun any serious discussion in response to the 40+ parallels - except for some nit-picking.
"When the rebels fled into the city and the sanctuary and all the buildings round about it were burned, the Romans brought their ensigns to the temple and set them opposite its eastern gate, where they sacrificed to them and with loud shouts of joy acclaimed Titus as emperor."
chotki, I would love to, but evidently you have an agenda; I could be wrong, but I believe you are like these guys:
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jan/26/fake-reviews-plague-consumer-websites
But you have been hired to do the opposite - smear Atwill's work. So - because of that bias - I...