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The Temple burned

THE HISTORICAL RECORD  ·  70 AD  ·  Near-East

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Titus takes Jerusalem. The Second Temple burns, the sacrifice stops that year and has never restarted, and the receipt is carved on the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum with the menorah being carried out.

In plain words

Titus takes Jerusalem and the Second Temple burns; the sacrifices stop that year and never resume, and the Arch of Titus in Rome shows the menorah carried off. The word loses its one address: from here it travels, by scroll, synagogue, copy and letter.

The mechanism

CARRIER CHANGE, FIRST — a seat burned: the single physical address where the Word was kept, reached through a priesthood, administered on an altar. After it the Word has no address, and custody moves to what travels — scroll, synagogue, copy, letter

How it was checked

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