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Josephus's works are the primary source for the chain of Jewish high priests during the Second Temple period. A few of the Jewish customs named by him include the practice of hanging a linen curtain at the entrance to one's house, [ 42 ] and the Jewish custom to partake of a Sabbath-day 's meal around the sixth-hour of the day (at noon). [ 43 ]
The Masada myth is the early Zionist retelling of the Siege of Masada, and an Israeli national myth. [1] The Masada myth is a selectively constructed narrative based on Josephus's account, with the Sicarii depicted as heroes, instead of as brigands.
Josephus relates that there was a Mary, daughter of Eleazar originally from the village of Bethezuba in the district of Perea, east of the Jordan River, who had previously fled to Jerusalem. Distinguished in family and fortune, her property, treasures and food had been plundered by the Jewish defenders of the city during the siege.
Josephus claimed that 1.1 million people died during the siege of Jerusalem, including many who were trapped in the city while visiting for Passover. Modern scholars, however, dispute this figure. Seth Schwartz argues it is implausible, estimating the total population of Judaea at around 1 million, with half being Jews, and noting the survival ...
Josephus, writing at the end of the 1st century CE, associates the sect with the upper echelons of Judean society. [1] As a whole, they fulfilled various political, social, and religious roles, including maintaining the Temple in Jerusalem. The group became extinct sometime after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
During the siege he allowed a seven-day truce for the Jews to celebrate a religious festival, impressing the Jewish leadership. [5] According to Josephus [ 6 ] the Hasmonean leader John Hyrcanus opened King David 's sepulchre and removed three thousand talents, which he then paid Antiochus to spare the city.
The Pillage of Ein Gedi refers to the Sicarii raid of Ein Gedi during the First Jewish–Roman War. According to Josephus, on Passover, the Sicarii of Masada raided Ein Gedi, a nearby Jewish settlement, and killed 700 of its inhabitants. [1] [2] [3] Josephus' account is the only known record of the pillage and its perpetrators.
Josephus paints a very bleak picture of their activities as they instituted what he characterized as a murderous "reign of terror" prior to the Jewish Temple's destruction. According to Josephus, the Zealots followed John of Gischala , who had fought the Romans in Galilee , escaped, came to Jerusalem, and then inspired the locals to a fanatical ...