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Article: Tale of zealots told in a northern fortress
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- Jerusalem Post
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- January 8, 1995
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SRAYA SHAPIRO
Jerusalem Post
01-08-1995
CONFIDENT that no adversary would be able to scale the steep sides of the ridge, the zealots of Gamla urged their fellow citizens to rebel against Roman rule. This happened three years before the inhabitants of the rest of Judea and Galilee mutinied. The fight was glorious, but tragic. Josephus Flavius witnessed the events from a safe point in the Roman camp, where he was held by his captors. Now the earth has yielded further testimony.
The late Prof. Shmarya Gutman, the archeologist, devoted 14 seasons to the camel-like crest of ancient Gamla, east of Lake Kinneret, and the fruits of his labor are outlined in Gamla, Ir B'mered ("A City in ...