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D — Historical and Apocalyptic Works
Chapter 2
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A tiny fragment is the only surviving part of a historical document containing the unusual name of Pwtl'ys. The editor, M. Broshi, reads it as Ptollas, a Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Putiel, and probably identical with a companion of Herod's son Archelaus, who accompanied him to Rome in BCE. The journey was preceded by civil riots in Jerusalem which were suppressed by the army, killing three thousand people ' Two other scholars, D. R. Schwartz and W. Horbury, suggest a reading of Peitholaus, a pro-Roman Jew associated with the massacre of many of his compatriots in mid-first century BCE. For the editio princeps, see M. Broshi, DJD, XXXVI, 407-11.
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to kill the multitude of men.. Potlaus/Potlays. And the persons that
