Julian the Apostate

Julian the Apostate
(331–63)
   Roman emperor 361–3. Julian was given the name ‘the Apostate’ by Church historians for his efforts to restore paganism and revive Greek philosophy, condemned by the Church. He believed that the Jews had much in common with the Graeco-Roman outlook. As a creed Judaism was nearer the truth than Christianity which, he sneered, worshipped ‘a Galilean’. He admired the Law of Moses, but regretted that the Jews would believe in only one God. Perhaps because he wished to gain Jewish support for his campaign in Persia, Julian prepared a letter To the Jewish Congregations, which was issued from Antioch in 362 or 363. In it the emperor reminds the Jews of the oppressive taxes he has abolished and promises to visit and rebuild Jerusalem, ‘the Holy City’. Julian fell on the battlefield after reigning less than two years.

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