TABLE OF CONTENTS

Maps

Preface

CHAPTER I—Menahem’s Surprise Attack at Masada

CHAPTER II—Mayhem in Jerusalem

CHAPTER III—Revolt across the Middle East

CHAPTER IV—The Impending Storm

CHAPTER V—A Roman Disaster

CHAPTER VI—Like a Voice from the Grave

CHAPTER VII—Enter Vespasian and Titus

CHAPTER VIII—Fire and Blood in Galilee

CHAPTER IX—The Siege of Jotapata

CHAPTER X—Taking Tiberias and Taricheae

CHAPTER XI—Gamala and Gischala

CHAPTER XII—Nero’s Fate Changes Everything

CHAPTER XIII—Target Jerusalem

CHAPTER XIV—Titus Tightens the Noose

CHAPTER XV—Crucifixions and a Stranglehold

CHAPTER XVI—The Antonia and the Temple

CHAPTER XVII—The Final Phase

CHAPTER XVIII—Destruction, Retribution, and Celebration

CHAPTER XIX—Jerusalem’s Ultimate Fate

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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