Masada

In the book Masada there is love, death, fighting and fear. This is what actually happened in Masada. Masada is an ancient place with lots of history with it. The life at Masada was very frightening, because you have to spend every day fearing for our life. The gruesome way that all the people of Masada died was gruesome. HISTORY OF MASADA The word Masada means “mountain fortress.” The Zealots, who lived on Masada, held back ten- thousand Romans for three years. The reason Masada was made livable is because King Herod and his family was attacked by Parthians and him and his family fled to Masada to be safe, so he fixed up Masada around thirty-seven b.c. –thirty-one b.c.. After…

Amidst the discussions revolving around Masada, issues of pottery did come up. Graves writes, “Occasionally broken pieces of pottery (ostracon) were used to write short notes or letters (e.g. Lachish letters). Ostraca were sometimes used in placing a vote, as in the ballots discovered at Masada.” Historically, this dig brings additional confirmation of Yadin’s life-goals in a country he loved and served and one of the national sites of great national importance was Masada. Price writes,…

On March 29th, 1997, 39 men and women took their own lives in the belief that they would travel to a space ship hidden in space. The "Heaven's Gate" cult planted this belief in its members minds members, resulting in a mass suicide. The members of this cult took an anti-seizure medication, mixed with a spoonful of applesauce, and washed down with a glass of vodka. Additionally, they tied plastic grocery bags over their heads in order to induce abnormal breathing. Some authorities found those 39…

solution to protect their survival. Bentwich was committed to ending Jewish misery, and preserving Jewish identity. So Bentwich ultimately decided to journey to the land of Israel even though there are another people occupying the land. Mainly because Bentwich does not want to turn back from his journey Bentwich decides to carry on. In the Second chapter called Masada starts off talking about 1942. Germany is on the rise, and the Zionist leaders believe in establishing a Masada on Mount Carmel…

In Yael Zerubavel’s, compelling and eye opening book Recovered Roots, the author attempts to explore the reconstruction of Jewish nationalism, myths and identities socially constructed by Zionist leaders across several decades. She does so by analysing themes critical to the study of Jewish history such as iconic heroism, collective sacrifice and the creation of Israeli national identity through narrative reconstruction as well as the reinterpretation of ancient Jewish military defeats such as…

Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient times to the Present. New York: Liveright Pub., 2013. Print. Briley, Terry Ray. Josephus the Historian and the Man: An Analysis of Josephus as an Historian of the Jewish War Against the Romans ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 1990. Hernández, Prisco R. JOSEPHUS: THE JEWISH WAR/JERUSALEM'S TRAITOR: Josephus, Masada and the Fall of Judea. 89 Vol. Fort Leavenworth: Department of the Army Headquarters, 2009. Josephus,…

Description: The Dead Sea human imprint features phases of the body of water that involves the presence of various human behavior. Keyword: Manmade canals Dead Sea Human Imprint The named Dead Sea traces its roots to the Hellenistic Age (323 to 30 BCE). The Dead Sea figures in biblical accounts that can be traced to the time of Abraham and the eradication of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Hebrew Bible states that the city of Sin is one of the two cities along the lake that was destroyed by fire from…

The Zealots • The Zealots were more of a nationalistic movement than one of religion; • They were committed to the overthrow of the Roman rule (acts 21:28 NIV); • Known mostly for their defense of Masada; then committing mass suicide rather than surrender to the Romans (NSW Board of Education, 2012). The Scribes Most likely the first Jewish scribes emerged during the Babylonian captivity. At first, they were professional copyists of the law. This gave them the opportunity to learn about the…

King David had ruled for forty three years before he died. King Herod was born into war and death, he and his family fled to Judea to escape war. Herod’s father became a warrior and as his father did, Herod did too. He later becomes a governor and then the king of Judea, but was only half Jewish, the royal family was not pleased about this. Forty five of the seventy one priests disagreed Herod, so he executed them. Judea …

Steinhardt and Charles Bronfman in 1999, when they had noticed an increasing divide between diaspora Jewish young adults and both the state and people of Israel and believed that is was every Jew’s birthright to visit their homeland. Birthright Israel is now funded by Jewish Agency for Israel, The Jewish Federation, and the Israeli Government along with other private donors. Taglit is hebrew for the word discovery, which is essentially the goal of the trip. The goal is to discover Israel and the…