>>17890205Another flaw that stands out is the curious omission of a certain tribe. Nixey does not mention Jews outside the context of Hypatiaโs murder other than to describe them as โthe hated enemies of the Church,โ citing John Chrysostomโs anti-Jewish homilies. But the Jews both directly and indirectly contributed to the destruction of the Classical world. The fanatical hatred and dogmatism of the early Christians was directly inherited from their Jewish forebears. Exodus 22:20 reads, โHe that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.โ Jews also engaged in the destruction of pagan statues, temples, and works of art themselves. During the Kitos War, for example, Jewish rebels led by Lukuas ravaged Cyrenaica, destroying pagan statues and temples as well as Roman official buildings and bathhouses. Additionally, they ethnically cleansed the region by brutally murdering as many as two hundred forty thousand of its inhabitants.[7] The carnage was such that Rome had to restore the population by establishing new colonies there. Lukuas and the Jews then set fire to Alexandria, destroying Egyptian temples and desecrating the tomb of Pompey. This was but one of several Jewish rebellions against the Roman Empire.
https://counter-currents.com/2018/08/the-christian-destruction-of-the-classical-world/