The Destruction of the Second Temple and Masada

The Great Revolt – 66ce – 70ec The Jews revolt against the Romans after the death of Agrippa The Jews were successful at the beginning The Romans send Vespasian and his son Titus to crush the revolt At 70CE the Temple was destroyed and 3 years later Masada was

captured

Thousands of Jews were killed or sent to slavery

• Sadducees, Pareses, Assians, Christians, Sicareem,

• Many false Messiahs – Jesus, Yehuda Ben Hezekiah, Bar Kochba.

Menachem Ben Yehuda – Sicar

Elazar Ben Chananya – Took over Jerusalem

Lower and Higher Jerusalem

Josephus Flavius• The Leader of the Jewish revolt in the North• The most important Historian in all of Jewish

history• Captured by the Romans and became their

writer

Simon Bar Giyora

• Titus Destroys the Temple

Masada – 70-73

• 1000 men on Masada• Elazar Ben Yair• 3 years war• The Ramp• Suicide?