Jerusalem's Traitor: Josephus, Masada, and the Fall of Judea

Format Post in History BY Desmond Seward

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Jerusalem's Traitor: Josephus, Masada, and the Fall of Judea Desmond Seward
Type:	eBook
Released:	2009
Publisher:	Da Capo Press
Page Count:	337
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	0306818078
ISBN-13:	9780306818073

When the Jews revolted against Rome in 66 CE, Josephus, a Jerusalem aristocrat, was made a general in his nation’s army.Jerusalem's Traitor: Josephus, Masada, ... Textbook Captured by the Romans, he saved his skin by finding favor with the emperor Vespasian. He then served as an adviser to the Roman legions, running a network of spies inside Jerusalem, in the belief that the Jews’ only hope of survival lay in surrender to Rome. As a Jewish eyewitness who was given access to Vespasian’s campaign notebooks, Josephus is our only source of information for the war of extermination that ended in the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the amazing times in which he lived. He is of vital importance for anyone interested in the Middle East, Jewish history, and the early history of Christianity.