Josephus: noble sicarii suicide or mass slaughter at Mount Masada?

An attempt is made to ratiocinate historical events at Mount Masada in circa 74 C.E. as related by Josephus Flavius. Cohen (1982, 393) clearly sees Josephus as a mostly dishonest historian, one who happily exaggerates and embellishes his accounts. As a consequence of this rhetorical straitjacket tha...

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Main Author: Allen, Nicholas Peter Legh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Unisa Press 2019
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2019, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-28
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Masada / Zealots (Judaism) / Suicide / Killing / Slaughtering / Geschichte 74 / Josephus, Flavius 37-100
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Mass-suicide
B Josephus
B Sicarii
B Masada
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