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Masada Will Not Fall Again
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Author : Sophie Greenspan
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2019-03
Masada Will Not Fall Again written by Sophie Greenspan and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03 with History categories.
The mighty epic of Masada tells of Jews who preferred liberty to life itself. Their story centers on the bleak fortress of Masada in the Judean Desert after the conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Holy Temple by the Romans in 70 CE. Here, in a last stand, Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes laid aside the differences that had crippled their resistance to the Romans and united in their zeal for God and country. Their leader was Eleazar ben Ya'ir, one of the great freedom fighters of Jewish history. This story brings to vivid life people who might have taken part in this great episode of Jewish history. It tells of the bridal couple, Adin and Ohada, from distant Babylonia; the winsome Urzillah from Nabatea, child of the caravan trails of the East; and Justus from Alexandria in Egypt, with his faithful wife, Sara, a convert to Judaism. Survivors from Jerusalem may well have included boys such as Iddo, of the priestly tribe; his friend and rival Aviel; and little Yitzhak, orphaned by the Romans and protected by Hannah, his grandmother and only surviving relative. Faith and courage belonged to them all--as they held a mighty Roman army at bay for three years. Even in their extremity they practiced and treasured the rites of their religion--blessing the new moon, circumcising the newborn infant, bathing in the mikveh (the ritual bath), and reciting the daily prayers. When all hope was gone they resolved to die as free men, women, and children. In turning their swords against themselves they ultimately denied victory to the Romans and the general Flavius Silva, for their memory has prevailed over that of their oppressors.
Masada
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Author : Jodi Magness
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-08
Masada written by Jodi Magness and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with History categories.
The dramatic story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire, as revealed by the archaeology of its famous site 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 Temple—reportedly took their own lives rather than surrender to the Roman army. This dramatic event, which took place on top of Masada, a barren and windswept mountain overlooking the Dead Sea, spawned a powerful story of Jewish resistance that came to symbolize the embattled modern State of Israel. Incorporating the latest findings, Jodi Magness, an archaeologist who has excavated at Masada, explains what happened there—and what it has come to mean since. Featuring numerous illustrations, this is an engaging exploration of an ancient story that continues to grip the imagination today.
Masada Myth
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Author : Nachman Ben-Yehuda
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Masada Myth written by Nachman Ben-Yehuda and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Social Science categories.
In 73 A.D., legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rather than surrender to a Roman legion. Recorded in only one historical source, the story of Masada was obscure for centuries. In The Masada Myth, Israeli sociologist Nachman Ben-Yehuda tracks the process by which Masada became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel, the dramatic subject of movies and miniseries, a shrine venerated by generations of Zionists and Israeli soldiers, and the most profitable tourist attraction in modern Israel. Ben-Yehuda describes how, after nearly 1800 years, the long, complex, and unsubstantiated narrative of Josephus Flavius was edited and augmented in the twentieth century to form a simple and powerful myth of heroism. He looks at the ways this new mythical narrative of Masada was created, promoted, and maintained by pre-state Jewish underground organizations, the Israeli army, archaeological teams, mass media, youth movements, textbooks, the tourist industry, and the arts. He discusses the various organizations and movements that created “the Masada experience” (usually a ritual trek through the Judean desert followed by a climb to the fortress and a dramatic reading of the Masada story), and how it changed over decades from a Zionist pilgrimage to a tourist destination. Placing the story in a larger historical, sociological, and psychological context, Ben-Yehuda draws upon theories of collective memory and mythmaking to analyze Masada’s crucial role in the nation-building process of modern Israel and the formation of a new Jewish identity. An expert on deviance and social control, Ben-Yehuda looks in particular at how and why a military failure and an enigmatic, troubling case of mass suicide (in conflict with Judaism’s teachings) were reconstructed and fabricated as a heroic tale.
Masada Revisited Ii
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Author : Arthur Ziffer
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2012-11
Masada Revisited Ii written by Arthur Ziffer and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11 with Drama categories.
Masada Revisited II gives a different view of what happened at Masada in 73ce when the Jewish defenders, according to the only historical account as given by Josephus in his book "The Jewish War", committed mass suicide. Many Jewish people are disconcerted by this version of the story. Since Josephus wrote under the constraint of trying to please his Roman sponsors, his accuracy is suspect. The version given in this play is hopefully more palatable.
Masada
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Author : Ḥanan Eshel
language : en
Publisher: Carta Jerusalem
Release Date : 2009
Masada written by Ḥanan Eshel and has been published by Carta Jerusalem this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Masada Site (Israel) categories.
The bulk of construction at Masada, of which one sees today, was carried out by King Herod who ruled from 37 to 4 BCE. Barely two generations later, in 73 or 74 CE, Flavius Silva, provincial governor of Judea and the commander of the Tenth Roman Legion, attacked and destroyed most of the structures on Masada. What the Romans did not demolish was razed by the defenders themselves towards the end of the siege. No one is better qualified than Hanan Eshel, with his vast experience in the field, wide historical knowledge and superb scholarship, to tell the full story of Masada.,
Masada
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Author : Phil Carradice
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Masada written by Phil Carradice and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with History categories.
The dramatic history behind one of the great landmarks of ancient Israel. In the spring of 73 AD, the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who, for nearly eight years, had waged war against the Roman occupiers of their country made their last stand. The Zealots on Masada had withstood a two-year siege but with Roman victory finally assured, they were faced by two options: capture or death. They chose the latter, and when the Roman legions forced their way into the hill fort the following morning they were met only with utter silence by row upon row of bodies. Rather than fall into enemy hands the 960 men, women, and children who had defended the fortress so heroically had committed suicide. The story of the siege and eventual capture of Masada is unique, not just in Israeli legend but in the history of the world. It is a story of bravery that even the Roman legionaries, well used to death and brutality, could see and appreciate. It was a massacre but a massacre with a difference: carried out by the victims themselves. This book tells the story, also covering the excavation of the remote hilltop site in the twentieth century.
Masada
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Author : Ernest Kellogg Gann
language : en
Publisher: Jove Books
Release Date : 1981
Masada written by Ernest Kellogg Gann and has been published by Jove Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Masada Site (Israel) categories.
Weekly Oex Options To Grow Trading Capital Rapidly
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Author : Jon Schiller
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2009-02
Weekly Oex Options To Grow Trading Capital Rapidly written by Jon Schiller and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02 with categories.
This options trading book tells the active options trader how he can generate steady weekly profits during unstable market conditions such as the US and World stock markets experienced during the Financial Collapse which began with the Recession of 2008. The strategy uses the recently introduced OEX Weekly Options to make money each week with small risk.
Masada
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Author : Ernest K. Gann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Masada written by Ernest K. Gann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Masada
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Author : Tim McNeese
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House
Release Date : 2003-01
Masada written by Tim McNeese and has been published by Chelsea House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents the history of Masada, discussing the building of the fortress by Herod and the capture of the Roman refuge by the Jewish Zealots.