Not a bad rendering of Josephus account, and worthy of a watch if you have interest in this period. The factional fighting in Jerusalem was, however, much more severe than portrayed and the final days were brought much closer by the zealots setting the grain inside the city on fire. The breach in the wall, too, was much, much smaller, allowing only double file entrance and the forward guard was urged on by the swords of those behind. The destruction of the temple is also greatly underplayed and was much more dramatic and tragic. Still, a very good rendition of a story that is hard to tell. Especially well done is Josephus in the cistern - almost word for word. And the rather shocking end is quite true - the temple treasures did fund the Colosseum which was built after Nero and therefore was not the site of any Christian persecution under Nero. And, by the way, the Colosseum stands on ground that Nero stole - by burning Rome.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:13:57 +0000
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