Article: Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada.(Book Review)

Article: Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of ...
Shofar;  March 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Archaeology and the Myth of Masada, by Nachman Ben-Yehuda. Amherst, NY: Humanity ... did so. It is a sequel to Ben-Yehuda's The Masada Myth: Collective Memory and ... be sure, was not present at Masada. Ben-Yehuda is surely right in ...

Article: Mahler at masada; A Concert Spectacle To Honor Israel's ...
The Washington Post;  October 15, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... become slaves. For modern Israel Masada has become a symbol of resistance ... slavery," said the commander of Masada, Elazar ben Yair. His words were read by Yossi ... recent archeological excavations at Masada. "Come! While our hands are free ...

Article: Capturing a Beautiful Woman at Masada
Near Eastern Archaeology;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the Palace-fortress of Masada, built by King Herod ... site (Magness 1992; Ben-Yahuda 1995; Zias 2000 ... heroic last defenders of Masada, they were accorded a ... the Jewish commander of Masada, Elazar ben Ya'ir, and his family ...

Article: Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada
The Middle East Journal;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Archaeology and the Myth of Masada, by Nachman Ben-Yehuda. Amherst ... this book by Nachman Ben-Yehuda on archaeological mythmaking at Masada. His bitter attack ... be otherwise? For Ben-Yehuda to distinguish Masada from such excavations ...

Article: The Last Stand.(Masada and Israeli national identity)
U.S. News & World Report;  March 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... huge siege walls around Masada and built a massive ... their leader, Elazar Ben-Yair, the decision ... Josephus Flavius, cemented Masada as a potent symbol of ... Archaeology and the Myth of Masada (Prometheus Books), Nachman Ben-Yehuda, a professor ...

Article: Dead Sea and Masada
Redlands Daily Facts;  January 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... they held out for three years. Masada is situated on top of an enormous ... would soon succeed in breaching Masada's walls, Elazar ben Yair, the Zealots' leader ... the suicide pact carried out at Masada). The alternative facing the ...

Article: The Masada Myth.
The Economist (US);  April 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... a good example is Nachman Ben-Yehuda's "The Masada Myth". Its author, an Israeli ... was more Waco than, well, Masada. The book that Mr Ben-Yehuda subsequently wrote explains how what happened at Masada was falsified and fashioned ...