Could be. There is a source somewhere that Hadrian was originally friendly to the Jews and considered re-buidling the Temple at first but turned on the Jews.<br><br>The fact ahat something began as one intention and morphed into something other is not unusual.
<br><br>KT<br>RRW<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yisrael Medad</b> <<a href="mailto:yisrael.medad@gmail.com">yisrael.medad@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If I am not mistaken, the old Jewish Encyclopedia surmises that the ploughing was in prepartion for a new Temple but then things went awry with the Romans.<br clear="all"><span class="sg"><br>-- <br>Yisrael Medad<br>Shiloh
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