Israel

S. G. F. Brandon describes how the Roman legate faced the problems of a Jewish Revolt.

2000 years ago, a Roman Governor of Judaea made a decision that has lent his name to posterity.

Not until three years after the fall of Jerusalem did Zealot resistance come to a bloody end. S.G.F. Brandon reviews the history of this fanatical sect, whose exemplary devotion and fortitude modern Israelis seek to emulate.

The importance of these much-debated scrolls is here interpreted by Cecil Rothin the light of the events that took place during the first-century Jewish Revolt against the power of Rome.

In this article, a British military commentator attempts to sum up the force of events that led to the establishment of the state of Israel.

E. Badian writes that the efforts of Antiochus Epiphanes to Hellenize his dominions led to a revolt in Judaea under the leadership of the Hasmonaean house, known as the Maccabees, who succeeded in re-asserting Jewish law and the Jewish religion in traditional form.

S.G.F. Brandon describes how the Roman conquest of Jerusalem marked a crisis in the early development of Christianity, and paved the way for a general acceptance of the Pauline message.

Roger Howard recalls a moment when Israel was rocked by exaggerated claims of a threat posed by Egypt.

Having fled Hitler’s Berlin, Oscar Westreich gained a new identity in Palestine. He eventually joined the British army, whose training of Jewish soldiers proved crucial to the formation of Israel, as his daughter, Mira Bar-Hillel, explains.

John France recounts the against-the-odds narrative of the capture of the Holy City by the forces of the First Crusade.