PRODROMOS in Heb. 6:20
Kevin L. Barney
klbarney at yahoo.com
Wed May 26 15:13:27 EDT 1999
Hi, Tom
You should probably focus your search on Pompey rather than Titus.
There is an allusion to the story you are thinking of on the following
url:
http://www.joshuanet.org/israel/history.htm
which says "Pompey brazenly enters Holy of Holies, disappointed to find it
empty." Unfortunately, this timeline does not give a source.
A slightly different take is suggested by a footnote to a volume in the
Ante-Nicene Fathers series that reads: "n. 84 In 63 b.c., when Pompey's
curiousity led him to penetrate into the Holy of Holies. He was much
impressed, however, by its simplicity, and went away without disturbing its
treasure, wondering at a religion which had no visible God."
(Unfortunately, the web page (the Wheaton College Church Fathers site) was
designed poorly, so I couldn't link from the note to the text it belonged
to.)
Kevin L. Barney
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
klbarney at yahoo.com
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