The Ethos of Masada in Halakhic Literature
Josephus Flavius is the only source on the rebellion of Masada and the heroic mass suicide at its end. This tragic event was not mentioned in the Halakhic literature. Chazal, rabbinic sages, who lived at that time, didn’t mention it and one should wonder why. The common explanation is that Chazal we...
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2016
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-77 |
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Offensive Ethos
Defensive Ethos
Shlomo Goren
Masada
Zionism
Religious Zionism
Halakhah
Suicide
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