Format:
1 Online-Ressource
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9780300262568
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0300262566
Content:
This deeply researched and insightful book examines the causes, course, and historical significance of the Jews' failed revolt against Rome from 66 to 74 CE, including the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. Based on a comprehensive study of all the evidence and new statistical data, Guy Rogers argues that the Jewish rebels fought for their religious and political freedom and lost owing to military mistakes. Rogers contends that while the Romans won the war, they lost the peace. When the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple, they thought that they had defeated the God of Israel and eliminated Jews as a strategic threat to their rule. Instead, they ensured the Jews' ultimate victory. After their defeat Jews turned to the written words of their God. Following those words led the Jews to recover their freedom in the promised land, and the war's tragic outcome still shapes the worldview of billions of people today
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Frontmatter - Contents - Acknowledgments - Maps - Introduction: A Small and Insignificant War? - Part I: The Breakdown of the Herodian Model - Part II: The War in the North - Part III: A Tale of Two Temples - Part IV: Jupiter Capitolinus and the God of Israel - Part V: God's Plan - Appendices: Contexts and Contentions - List of Abbreviations - Notes - References - Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rogers, Guy MacLean For the freedom of Zion New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021] ISBN 030024813X
Language:
English
