Masada (eBook)

From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth

Jodi Magness (Autor)

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2019
312 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18601-6 (ISBN)

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Jodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her books include The Archaeology of the Holy Land from the Destruction of Solomon's Temple to the Muslim Conquest and Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus. In 1995, Magness codirected excavations in the Roman siege works at Masada, and since 2011 she has directed excavations at Huqoq in Galilee.

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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 EmpireTwo 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. The first extensive archaeological excavations of Masada began in the 1960s, and today the site draws visitors from around the world. And yet, because the mass suicide was recorded by only one ancient author-the Jewish historian Josephus-some scholars question if the event ever took place.Jodi Magness, an archaeologist who has excavated at Masada, explains what happened there, how we know it, and how recent developments might change understandings of the story. Incorporating the latest findings, she integrates literary and historical sources to show what life was like for Jews under Roman rule during an era that witnessed the reign of Herod and Jesus's ministry and death.Featuring numerous illustrations, this is an engaging exploration of an ancient story that continues to grip the imagination today.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 8 color + 38 b/w illus. 2 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Aelia Capitolina • Against Apion • Alexander Jannaeus • Ananias • Antiochus IV Epiphanes • Antonia Fortress • apodyterium • archaeology • Aristobulus • Aristobulus II • ballista • Bar Kokhba revolt • Battering ram • Bedouin • burial • Caesarea • Caesarea Maritima • Caldarium • Casemate • City of David • Dead Sea • Dead Sea Scrolls • Defensive wall • deity • Domus Aurea • East Jerusalem • Edom • Ehud Netzer • Ein Feshkha • Ein Gedi • essene • Essenes • exploration • First Jewish–Roman War • Francesca Stavrakopoulou • gamla • Haganah • hearth • Hebrew University of Jerusalem • Herod Agrippa • Herod Archelaus • Herodian • Herodium • Herod the Great • His Family • Hyrcanus II • Israel • israelites • Jewish History • Jews • John of Giscala • John the Baptist • Josephus • Judaism • Judea • Judea (Roman province) • legionary • Maccabean Revolt • Machaerus • Mark Antony • Mass Suicide • Mattathias • Menahem • Menorah (Temple) • oven • Passover • pharisees • Pottery • Ptolemaic Kingdom • Qumran • Rabbi • rabbinic literature • Roman Army • Sadducees • Samaria • Samaritans • Sea of Galilee • Second Temple • Second Temple Period • sepphoris • Sicarii • Siege • siege of Masada • Slavery • Solomon's Temple • stone wall • Temple in Jerusalem • Temple mount • Temple tax • the jewish war • Tiberias • Tiberius Julius Alexander • Tisha B'Av • triclinium • Tyropoeon Valley • Upper Galilee • World War I • Writing • Yigael Yadin • Zionism
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18601-4 / 0691186014
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18601-6 / 9780691186016