she is able to trade with them. all of these trade routes coming in from the far east go down into what is now modern syria, modern lebanon, and israel. and they all kind of meet together. so, if you want to take goods, either east or west, jerusalem is an incredibly important place to be. but above all, jerusalem, of course, was part of judaea and judaea had once been part of egypt back in the 3rd century bc. and so, cleopatra viewed the territory that herod had been given as her birthright. it was her job, her mission, as the divinely ordained monarch of egypt to reunite and to reannex the lost territories, which includes jerusalem. the problem is is that she can t go to herod s buddy, her lover, mark antony, and ask him
herod the great has jerusalem. cleopatra wants jerusalem under egyptian control because it gives her another kind of a gateway to the east. she s able to trade with them. all of these trade routes coming in from the far east go down into what is now modern syria, modern lebanon and israel, and they all kind of meet together. so if you want to take goods either east or west, jerusalem is an incredibly important place to be. but above all, jerusalem, of course, was part of judaea, and judaea had once been part of egypt back in the third century b.c. so cleopatra viewed the territory that herod had been given as her birthright. it was her job, her mission as the divinely ordained monarch of egypt to reunite and to re-annex the lost territories,
israel, and they all kind of meet together. so if you want to take goods either east or west, jerusalem is an incredibly important place to be. but above all, jerusalem, of course, was part of judaea, and judaea had once been part of egypt back in the third century b.c. so cleopatra viewed the territory that herod had been given as her birth right. it was her job, her mission as the divinely ordained monarch of egypt to reunite and to re-annex the lost territories, which includes jerusalem. the problem is, is that she can t go to herod s buddy, her lover, mark antony, and ask him to give her herod s holdings. so who does she turn to?
has performed admirably. mcclellan will not be pursuing us any further. our invasion into the north has been a failure. my failure. no, general. if we have failed in maryland, it s only because god intends our victory to come at another time. stonewall jackson is one of lee s most trusted subordinates. this, in part, comes from jackson s drive and s determination and his belief that everything he does is sort of divinely ordained. pray with me. stonewall jackson never wavers in his belief that the confederates will achieve victory because he has stood firm through his own low points to become the man and soldier he is now. [ laughter ] [ indistinct conversations ]
the religious beliefs against contraception in this case were beliefs that were reasonable or scientifically accurate. the court said their only job was to figure out if those beliefs were sincerely held. that s enough. maurice bessinger is dead now but even dead he might find this conclusion. his belief as divinely ordained that was certainly held lifelong on religion. in his case that was not enough to deprive other people from protection and rights they were afforded under law. now the court today said apparently religion is all you need. reverend dr. welton gaddy is the president of the interfaith alliance. the interfaith alliance filed a brief in this case. reverend gaddy, when this ruling came down today, released this rather blistering statement. the supreme court made a grave error today. the balance between religious freedom and other compelling interests has always been tenuous. we may very well remember today s decision as the moment that balance was radically