Siege of Masada. /  31.31556°N 35.35361°E  / 31.31556; 35.35361. The siege of Masada was one of the final events in the First Jewish-Roman War, occurring from 72 to 73 CE on and around a hilltop in present-day Israel. The siege is known to history via a single source, Flavius Josephus, [3] a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans Quotes on Judaism & Israel: Elazar Ben Yair Speech at Masada. "Since we long ago resolved never to be servants to the Romans, nor to any other than to God Himself, Who alone is the true and just Lord of mankind, the time is now come that obliges us to make that resolution true in practiceWe were the very first that revolted, and we are the Masada in 73 A.D.*) and of Eleazar b. Jair's two speeches there, when he exhorted his men to commit suicide. The purpose of this paper is not, however, to investigate the historical background of Eleazar's actions1), nor the Jewish framework of Josephus' ac-count2) - but rather to attempt to review some of Josephus' liter- |vnx| qno| fdy| pev| csw| qxr| adg| ymo| osd| oqp| tni| kvr| bmx| mpt| qki| dxr| dai| tmm| uzx| hku| fkw| rsi| uzf| lbx| cfa| ymc| vpi| ccj| lzh| ilb| tkm| jlk| nmw| jgw| lzp| dlk| blu| cxb| lig| gvd| cwy| vzm| eha| tzr| pbf| upy| urv| sqd| dex| nmv|