Ruins of the Roman legion camp below Masada Dan Shachar / Shutterstock
The Myth of Masada: How Reliable Was Josephus, Anyway?
The Roman siege of Masada ended in mass suicide by the trapped Jewish rebels. But absent archaeological evidence, it all boils down to the question of whether you think Josephus aspired to accuracy
Elon Gilad
Sex and the Jews: How the rabbis made it up as they went along
What is the Jewish afterlife like?
After a protracted siege by the Roman tenth legion, the situation of the Sacarii, the Jewish rebels holed up on the mountain fortress of Masada, became hopeless. The Jewish rebels led by Elazar Ben Yair...