Masada Myth Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel

Name: Masada Myth Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel
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ISBN: 9780299148348

ISBN-10: 0299148343

ISBN-13: 9780299148348

Edition: 1996

Authors: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;In 73 A.D., legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rather than surrender to a Roman legion. Recorded in only one historical source, the story of Masada was obscure for centuries. In The Masada Myth, Israeli sociologist Nachman Ben-Yehuda tracks the process by which Masada became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel, the dramatic subject of movies and miniseries, a shrine venerated by generations of Zionists and Israeli soldiers, and the most profitable tourist attraction in modern Israel. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ben-Yehuda describes how, after nearly 1800 years, the long, complex, and unsubstantiated…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 1/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



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Tables


Acknowledgments


Prologue: Masada--A Chronology



The Puzzle and the Background



Introduction: The Research Puzzle



The Historical Events of Masada



Excavations of Masada



The Masada Mythical Narrative



Shmaria Guttman



Masada and Youth Movements



Masada and the Pre-State Jewish Underground Groups



Masada and the Israeli Army (IDF)



Masada in Textbooks



Masada, the Media, and Tourism



Masada in Children's Literature and in Art



The Masada Mythical Narrative



Analysis, Discussion, and Summary



Methodological Framing



Theoretical Interpretation



Summary and a Personal Note



Main Jewish Underground Groups in Palestine, 1920-1948


Notes


Bibliography


Index