Justin Marozzi

A legend under siege

Eleazar Ben-Yair’s death-and-glory address at Masada in AD 73 may have been fabricated by Josephus. But that hasn’t deterred devotees from flocking to the site

  • Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth

    Jodi Magness

    Princeton, pp. 204

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