Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada by Nachman Ben-Yehuda

Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada

Nachman Ben-Yehuda

275 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction classics informative medium-paced
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According to a patriotic legend still current in Israel, in 73 C.E., 960 Jewish rebels committed mass suicide at the desert fortress of Masada rather than surrender to the overwhelming force of their Roman oppressors. This version of what happened...

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