Nadene Goldfoot
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King Solomon of Israel was a Jew. He was king from 961 to 920 BCE, and is credited with writing Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. The story of the two mothers coming to him with thedisagreement of who was the mother of a certainchild is well-known. He told them that he would divide the childin half and give each to the women, and the true mother screamed and said to give the child to the other. She wasrewarded by being chosen as the true mother.
Solomon's father was King David. The primary evidence for David's career consists of several chapters in the books 1 and 2 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Many of the psalms are also attributed to him, a tribute to his legendary skill as a poet, harpist, and hymnist. David was also a Jewish king and ruled from 1010 to 970 BCE.
Both men are highly respected by both Christians and Muslims, yet people's anti-Semitism has been lingering ever since the misunderstanding about who killed Jesus has rested on Jews.
Saul was Israel's 1st king and ruled from about 1030 to 1010 BCE. He is a favored king of many.
Tiberius (42 B.C.-37 A.D.) had a grim, serious personality. He was coldly intellectual, socially awkward, and introverted. Right after Augustus’s death, he dithered and vacillated about what to do, and seemed reluctant to take on Augustus’s role. Tiberius never seemed to enjoy being emperor. He appeared glad to leave many of the day-to-day details of administration in his delegate’s hands. Chances are, Pilate made the decision about Jesus.
Who committed this deicide? Pontius Pilate, governor of Judah, made that decision according to most sources. Of course, some also say it was his boss, Emperor Tiberius. There are no independant Jewish sources for the life of Jesus of Nazareth. A reference in Josephus is at least in part a Christian interpolation; allusion in the Talmud and the post-talmudic Toledot Yeshu [Sefer Toledot Yeshu, often abbreviated as Toledot Yeshu, is an early Jewish text which presents an alternative, anti-sectarian view, as well as a disputed biography of Jesus of Nazareth.] are of value only as an indication of later Jewish attitudes. The only source of information about Jesus is thus the New Testament gospels. According to that source,
Although Pilate is the best-attested governor of Judaea, few sources regarding his rule have survived. Nothing is known about his life before he became governor of Judaea, and nothing is known about the circumstances that led to his appointment to the governorship, The Jewish historian Josephus, the philosopher Philo of Alexandria and the Gospel of Luke all mention incidents of tension and violence between the Jewish population and Pilate's administration. Many of these incidents involve Pilate acting in ways that offended the religious sensibilities of the Jews. The Christian Gospels record that Pilate ordered the crucifixion of Jesus at some point during his time in office; Josephus and the Roman historian Tacitus also record this information.
The result is that, though thousands of Jews were nailed to crosses by the Romans, the New Testament pinpoints the story of Jesus, and from then on, it was the Jews themselves who were blamed for his death. That's because Jews would not convert and do away with Judaism and join the new Christians who had been the followers of Jesus. .
The Romans had successfully turned the hatred of the Roman Government onto the Jews, and there it has remained, growing and waning through the years. Right now it's at its height again, just like it was in the 1930s when Nazis were coming into power in Germany.
Resource:
https://www.wondriumdaily.com/tiberius-ancient-romes-reluctant-emperor/
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