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

by Seward, Desmond

  Severus, Sulpicius

  Shakespeare, William

  Shema Yisrael

  Shemone Esreh (Eighteen Benedictions)

  sicarii (Zealot knifemen)

  Silas of Babylon

  Silbonitis

  Silo, Antonius

  Silva, Lucius Flavius

  Simon

  Simon bar Giora

  Hebron and

  Idumeans and

  in Jerusalem

  Jerusalem, fall of and

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  origin of

  Temple, destruction of and

  Zealot Revolution and

  Simon ben Ari

  Simon ben Cathlas

  Simon ben Ezron

  Simon ben Gamaliel

  Simon ben Hosias

  Simonides

  Simon the Stamerer

  Sixth Legion

  Smallwood, E. M.

  Sodom

  Sohaemus, Kign of Emeas

  Solomon

  Solomon’s Temple

  Sophas

  Sophocles

  Stoicism, Stoics

  Stoics

  Strabo

  Suetonius

  Domitian and

  Jotapata prophecy and

  Nero and

  Titus Caesar and

  Vespasian and

  Vitellius and

  Suicide

  Sulla

  Syria

  Syrians

  Tacitus

  Antonius Felix and

  Christians, torture of and

  Florus, Gessius and

  Galba, Servius Sulpicius and

  Jerusalem, fall of and

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  Jotapata prophecy and

  Judea, Roman occupation of and

  Judea, Roman reconquest of and

  Poppaea, Empress and

  Roman anti-Semitism and

  Roman soldiers and

  Temple, destruction of and

  Titus Caesar and

  Vespasian and

  Vitellius, overthrow of and

  Talmud

  Targums

  Taricheae

  Taxation

  Tekoa

  Temple at Jerusalem

  destruction of

  Florus, rebellion against and

  God and

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  Judea, Roman occupation of and

  Pharisees and

  pollution of

  Zealot occupation of

  Tenth Legion

  Tephthaeus

  Testimonium Flavianum

  Testudo (tortoise)

  Thackery, H. J.

  Thamna

  Thella

  Theocracy

  Theudas

  Thucydides

  Tiberias

  Tiberius, Emperor

  Tiberius Alexander

  Titus Caesar

  appearance of

  armies of

  character of

  death of

  Galilee, Roman reconquest of

  Gamala and

  Gischala, capture of and

  Jerusalem, fall of and

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  Josephus and

  Jotapata, siege of and

  Judean campaign and

  plot against

  as soldier

  succession of

  Taricheae, capture of and

  Temple, destruction of and

  Vespasian’s rise to the throne and

  Torah

  Torture

  Trachonitis

  Traill, Robert

  Trajan, Emperor

  Trajanus, Ulpius

  Trimalchio

  Twelfth Legion

  Tyre

  Valens, Fabius

  Valerian

  Varus

  Ventidius Cumanus

  Vercingentorix

  Vermes, Geza

  Vespasian

  campaign notebooks of

  character of

  death of

  Galilee, Roman reconquest of and

  Gamala and

  Jerusalem, fall of and

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  Jotapata, siege of and

  Jotapata prophecy and

  Judea, Roman reconquest of and

  Nero and

  rise to the throne of

  Rome of

  Taricheae, capture of and

  Temple of Peace of

  Zealot Revolution and

  Vespasianus, Titus Flavius Sabinus. See Vespasian

  Vie de Jésus (Renan)

  Vindex, Julius

  Vita (Josephus)

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  John of Gischala and

  Josephus as governor of Galilee and

  Josephus’s private life and

  Jotapata, siege of and

  Rome, war with and

  Vitellius

  Vitellius, Aulus

  Vologaeses, King

  Whiston, William

  Williamson, G. A.

  Xaloth

  Xenophon

  Year of the Four Emperors

  Yeshus (high priest)

  Yohanan ben Zakkai

  Yohannan ben Levi. See John of Gischala

  Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

  Yossef ben Mattityahu ha-Kohn. See Josephus

  Zacharias ben Baris

  Zacharias ben Phalek

  Zadok

  Zealot knifemen (sicarii)

  Zealots

  Fourth Philosophy and

  Galilee, Roman reconquest of and

  Herodium and

  Idumeans and

  Jerusalem, fall of and

  Jerusalem, siege of and

  John of Gischala and

  Machaerus and

  Masada, siege of and

  Romans and

  sicarii (Zealot knifemen)

  suicide and

  Temple, destruction of and

  Temple, occupation of by

  Zedekiah, King

  Zimri

  Zionism

  Copyright © 2009 by Desmond Seward

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Seward, Desmond, 1935-

  Jerusalem’s traitor : Josephus, Masada, and the fall of Judea / Desmond Seward. p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  eISBN : 978-0-786-74641-5

  1. Josephus, Flavius. 2. Jews—History—168 B.C.-135 A.D. 3. Jews—History—Rebellion, 66-73 4. Rome—History, Military—30 B.C.-476 A.D. 5. Palestine—History, Military. I. Title.

  DS115.9.J6S42 2009

  933’.05—dc22

  2009005716

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