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The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem and the Fall of Masada: From Josephus
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Ancient RomeGeneral World HistoryIsrael & Palestine History
ISBN13: 9781647644659
Publisher: Scrawny Goat Books
Published: May 13 2022
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For those seeking a heroic story, an expression of idealism, self-sacrifice, and resistance against tyranny, the story of the fall of Jerusalem and Masada remain two of history's epic events. - from the new introduction.
A dramatic and engrossing English prose retelling of the story of two pivotal events on Jewish history-the sieges of Jerusalem and Masada during the Roman-Jewish War (66-73 CE)-drawn directly from the Latin original written by the famous historian Flavius Josephus.
Josephus-a Jewish rebel leader captured and turned by the Romans, is the only historian to have recorded in detail the events surrounding these two earthshaking events.
The first part, prepared by famous English historian Alfred J. Church, deals with the events leading up to the siege and fall of Jerusalem, and the second part, newly prepared by New York scholar Brian Hirsch, deals with the events immediately afterward, including the siege and fall of Masada.
The Great Jewish Revolt had its origins in protests against Roman taxation. After the Romans responded to the unrest by looting the Temple in Jerusalem, a full-scale uprising broke out, which led to the massacre of both the Roman garrison and a legion dispatched from Syria.
After the Roman-appointed King Herod was forced to flee, a Jewish government was established. Wracked by internal dissension, and facing a mighty foe, the Jewish forces fought desperately to defend their newly-established state-but in vain.
Under the command of Vespasian, then his son Titus, and finally the legate General Silva, Roman forces overcame the Jewish strongholds one by one.
Finally, only two major strongholds remained: Jerusalem, held by the Sadducee Jerusalemites and the Zealots, and the mountaintop fortress of Masada, held by the Sicarii. It took the Romans more than a year to overcome the defenses of Jerusalem and Masada.
Jerusalem was razed to the ground, and its inhabitants massacred. At Masada, the Romans built a mighty ramp up the mountain, only to be greeted by the sight of the mass suicide of the 960 defenders.
Contents
Preface by Alfred J Church
Preface by Brian Hirsch
PART I: THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
Chapter I: Of the Beginnings of the Jewish War
Chapter II: Of the Doings of Cestius
Chapter III: Of Josephus and the Besieging of Jotapata
Chapter IV: Of the Marvellous Escape of Josephus, and of the War in Galilee
Chapter V: Of the Troubles in Jerusalem
Chapter VI: Of the First Coming of the Romans
Chapter VII: The Beginning of the Siege
Chapter VIII: Of the Walls of Jerusalem
Chapter IX: The Siege
Chapter X: The Siege (Continued)
Chapter XI: The Siege (Continued)
Chapter XII: The Taking of the City
Chapter XIII: The End
PART II: THE ROAD TO MASADA
Chapter I: Aftermath of the Fall of Jerusalem
Chapter II: The Siege of Macherus
Chapter III: Concerning the Fortress of Masada
Chapter IV: Concerning the Sicarii and their Occupation of Masada
Chapter V: The Romans Lay Siege to Masada
Chapter VI: Eleazar's Speech to the Defenders of Masada
Chapter VII: The Mass Suicide at Masada
Chapter VIII: The End of the War
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