The Great Revolt Flashcards
(14 cards)
What did the Sicarii do in Jerusalem?
gained access and committed a series of atrocities towards the Jews to bring them into war against Romans
What year did the Great revolt start
66CE
What happened to the sects?
more removed from eachother —> there was a new group called the followers of jesus of nazareth
What are some things that happened in society in the Great Revolt?
unemployment, Herod’s building projects ended
What happened after the great revolt started?
battle between Jews and Romans in the town of Yodefat, this was the 47 day seige
Where did jews go after defeats in Galilee?
Jerusalem, also the romands turned their attention to jerusalem and vespasian brought his son titus into battle
What did the sicarii do that was tradgic?
burned all of the food supply, resulted in starvation and suffering
In the talmud what did the rabbis blame?
blamed the failure of the revolt and destruction of the second temple on the civil war between the sicarii and the jews and called “baseless hatred”
What happened in 70CE?
temple was destroyed lit on fire
How did the Jews decide to mourn this?
Known as the mourners of zion they gave up meat and wine but Rabbi Joshua convinced them that there are better ways to mourn
- leaving one thing out when putting on jewerly
- leaving one thing out of your meal
- leaving a part of your house unpainted
What was the apocalypse of Baruch?
darker approach to mourning and suggested that Jews should not have children and that Judaism should die out
When was the fall. of Masada and what happened?
in 73CE and Elezar ben Yair said that everyone should agree for a suicide pact to not become roman slaves, he also said to leave food so that the romans knew they chose to die and not died of starvation
What did Titus build after defeat?
in 70CE titus made the arch of titus that depicted temple vessels and menorah being carried through rome, also made the judea capta coin that showed a woman by a palm tree in mourning
what group emerged from rebellion to lead the jews?
the rabbis
