TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seward,Desmond
TI  - Jerusalem's traitor: Josephus, Masada, and the fall of Judea 
SN  - 9780306818073 (alk. paper)
AV  - DS 115.9 .J6 S42 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Da Capo Press
KW  - Josephus, Flavius.
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - 168 B.C.-135 A.D
KW  - Rebellion, 66-73
KW  - Rome
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 30 B.C.-476 A.D
KW  - Palestine
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index; Introduction: The Land Where Josephus Was Born; 1 --; 1; A Young Nobleman; 9 --; 2; An Occupied Country; 19 --; 3; Rome and Poppaea; 29 --; 4; The Jew Baiter; 41 --; 5; War; 48 --; 6; Governor of Galilee; 58 --; 7; The Return of the Legions; 77 --; 8; The Siege of Jotapata; 83 --; 9; The Cave and the Prophecy; 93 --; 10; Josephus the Prisoner; 102 --; 11; John of Gischala Comes to Jerusalem; 114 --; 12; The Zealot Revolution; 123 --; 13; The Reconquest of Judea; 130 --; 14; Simon bar Giora; 137 --; 15; The Year of the Four Emperors; 145 --; 16; Titus Takes Command; 155 --; 17; The Siege Begins; 168 --; 18; Inside Jerusalem; 185 --; 19; The Wooden Wall; 194 --; 20; The Destruction of the Temple; 208 --; 21; A Holocaust; 223 --; 22; The Propagandist; 241 --; 23; Masada and the Last Zealots; 247 --; 24; A Roman Citizen; 260 --; 25; History's Verdict; 272
N2  - "When the Jews revolted against Rome in 66 CE, Josephus, a Jerusalem aristocrat, was made a general in his nations army. Captured by the Romans, he saved his skin by finding favor with the emperor Vespasian. He then served as an adviser to the Roman legions, running a network of spies inside Jerusalem, in the belief that the Jews only hope of survival lay in surrender to Rome. As a Jewish eyewitness who was given access to Vespasians campaign notebooks, Josephus is our only source of information for the war of extermination that ended in the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the amazing times in which he lived. He is of vital importance for anyone interested in the Middle East, Jewish history, and the early history of Christianity."--Jacket
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