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Author	Mason, Steve, 1957-
Title	A history of the Jewish War, A.D. 66-74 / Steve Mason.
Publication Info.	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 1	933 M	IN LIBRARY

Description	xii, 689 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-631) and indexes.
Contents	Part I. Contexts: 1. A famous and unknown war; 2. Understanding historical evidence: Josephus' Judean War in context; 3. Parthian saviours, sieges, and morale: ancient warfare in human perspective; Part II. Investigations: 4. Why did they do it? Antecedents, circumstances, and 'causes' of the revolt; 5. Nero's war I: the blunder of Cestius Gallus?; 6. Nero's war II: Flavians in Galilee; 7. Jerusalem I: Josephus and the education of Titus; 8. Jerusalem II: coins, councils, constructions; 9. A tale of two Eleazars: Machaerus and Masada.
Subject	Josephus, Flavius -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Jews -- History -- Rebellion, 66-73.
	Josephus, Flavius. De bello Judaico.
Genre or Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History.
ISBN	9780521853293 (hardback)
	052185329X (hardback)

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