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• As the Roman army swept through the Land of Israel, they destroyed everything in their path. Jews and Christians alike were destroyed, because in those early days the Romans regarded Christianity as just another Jewish sect. Not only were Jews and Christians literally crucified and burnt to death and cities set on fire everywhere, but all Jewish and Christian books and scrolls alike were burnt. Everything that looked Jewish, whether it was Hebrew or Aramaic, was consigned to the flames. The Romans wanted it all destroyed. The Romans did not care whether what they set on fire was the Hebrew scrolls on the Old Testament, or the Aramaic writings of the New Testament. It all looked alike to them.