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The opening as it read in 2020

Short-lived de facto governing entity of Judea ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Second Temple period Timeline Rabbinic period and the Middle Ages Modern era Timeline 1517–1948: Ottoman rule Old Yishuv Zionism Yishuv OETA British Mandate Balfour Declaration 1948–present : State of Israel years Independence Arab–Israeli conflict Iran–Israel proxy conflict By topic Demographics Judaism Leaders Warfare Zionism Jerusalem Related Jewish history Hebrew calendar Archaeology Museums Maps Travelogues Israel portal v t e The Judean provisional government was a short-lived de facto governing entity of Judea , which was established in the year 66 by Judean rebel forces of the Pharisee and Saduccee parties, and aimed to govern the Judean state. The government functioned until the Zealot Temple Siege in the year 68, when most of its leaders were massacred in the inter-rebel struggle.¹ A Chronology of the Life of Josephus and his Era²

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Governing entity in Judea (66 CE–68 CE) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Second Temple period Timeline Rabbinic period and the Middle Ages Modern era Timeline 1517–1948: Ottoman rule Old Yishuv Zionism Yishuv OETA British Mandate Balfour Declaration 1948–present : State of Israel years Independence Arab–Israeli conflict Iran–Israel proxy conflict By topic Demographics Judaism Leaders Warfare Zionism Jerusalem Related Jewish history Hebrew calendar Archaeology Museums Maps Travelogues Israel portal v t e The Judean provisional government was a short-lived de facto governing entity of Judea , which was established in the year 66 CE by Judean rebel forces of the Pharisee and Sadducee parties, and aimed to govern the Judean state. The government functioned until the Zealot Temple Siege in the year 68 CE, when most of its leaders were massacred in the inter-rebel struggle. Studies in Qumran Aramaic . A Chronology of the Life of Josephus and his Era

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Governing entity in Judea (66 CE–68 CE) Second Temple period Timeline Rabbinic period and the Middle Ages Modern era Timeline 1517–1948: Ottoman rule Old Yishuv Zionism Yishuv OETA British Mandate Balfour Declaration 1948–present : State of Israel years Independence Arab–Israeli conflict Iran–Israel proxy conflict By topic Demographics Judaism Leaders Warfare Zionism Jerusalem Related Jewish history Hebrew calendar Archaeology Museums Maps Travelogues Israel portal v t e The Judean provisional government is a historiographical name for the short-lived de facto governing entity in Judea , which was established during the Great Jewish Revolt in the year 66 CE by Judean rebel forces of the Pharisee and Sadducee parties. It aimed to create and govern a full Jewish state , although its influence was concentrated in Jerusalem . The government functioned until the Zealot coup in the year 68 CE, when most of its leaders were massacred in the inter-rebel struggle. Studies in Qumran Aramaic .

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