Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Johann Jakob Wettstein (karni na 18) ya gano Mahayin farko a matsayin Artabanus, sarkin Parthians wanda ya kashe yahudawa a Babila. Amma, Ernest Renan, wani "mai bin ra'ayin preterist na zamani" na ƙarni na 19, ya fassara "Mahayin Farashi na Farko" ya zama alama ce ta Daular Roma, da Nero a matsayin Magabcin Kristi. Wannan mahayin da "ya fita yana mai nasara" shi ne tafiyar Romawa zuwa Urushalima a shekara ta 67, don ya kawar da "Babban Tawaye na Yahudawa
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