438 CE
A Jew Anticipates the Redemption
Empress Eudocia's settling in Israel aroused unfounded redemption hopes among the Jews, as seen in a letter dated 438 CE from the heads of the Galilean Jews to the Jewish community in Egypt:
"Behold, the Rulers of Rome have decreed that our city Jerusalem shall be returned to us. Come quickly to Jerusalem for Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] for our kingdom is at hand in Jerusalem.”
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A letter sent by a Jew from the Galilee in the fourth century expressed a prevailing sentiment among Jews that the redemption was near.
“Behold, the Roman kings have ordered that the gates of Jerusalem be returned to us. Speedily come up to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Tabernacles, for our kingdom is about to be rebuilt in Jerusalem.”
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