Masada : from Jewish revolt to modern myth /

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A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire. Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children-the last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Magness, Jodi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Jews > Israel > Masada Site > History.
Juifs > Israël > Massada (Forteresse) > Histoire.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Jews
Jueus.
Història.
Masada Site (Israel) > History.
Massada (Israël : Forteresse) > Histoire.
Israel > Masada Site
Masada (Israel : Jaciment arqueològic)
History
Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The fall of Masada
  • The siege of Masada
  • The search for Masada
  • Masada in context
  • Masada and Herod's other building projects
  • Judea before Herod
  • From Herod to the first Jewish revolt against Rome
  • The first Jewish revolt against Rome
  • The rebel occupation of Masada
  • "Masada shall not fall again": Yigael Yadin, the mass suicide, and the Masada myth
  • Epilogue: a tour of Masada.

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