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In reply to the discussion: This Easter, let's not try to pretend Jesus was a 'Palestinian Jew' [View all]Xolodno
(6,428 posts)...he died the first night of Passover. But that changes every year based on the lunar calendar. This year it falls on....dang, late April.
Easter was just a pagan fertility holiday, hence the symbolism with eggs and rabbits. The Catholic/Orthodox church just gave in and "converted" it for all the gentiles.
And of course, Palestine is just a "territory" and there are maps that separate Judea, Samaria and Galilee, plus Jesus was a citizen of Gallilee where his mother was from. And he lived in Nazareth (also Galilee), the verse "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" is actually a joke. It was basically like Compton in its not so glorious years.
So he was technically a Galilean Jew. And when the Romans expelled everyone in Jerusalem and nearby areas, it was only in the area known as Judea. Samaria, Galilee, etc. were left largely intact. Of course, most of those Jews would later convert to Islam due to similarities at that time, Muslims were also protecting them from those damn blood thirsty Christians.