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Masada: Herod's Fortress, Jewish Resistance, and National Symbol

Rising from the Judean Desert above the Dead Sea, Masada tells the story of Herod's extravagance, Jewish defiance against Rome, and a modern nation's search for founding myths.

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Jews in the Roman Empire: From Judea to Diaspora

The Roman conquest of Judea in 63 BCE began a tumultuous relationship that produced Herod's Temple, the Great Revolt, Masada's siege, Bar Kokhba's rebellion, and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism from the ashes of destruction.

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Josephus: The Jewish Historian Who Chose Rome

He was a Jewish general who surrendered to Rome, a traitor who watched Jerusalem burn, and a historian who preserved the only eyewitness account of the Temple's destruction. Josephus is the most complicated — and indispensable — figure in Jewish historiography.

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