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T1 The sacred grove of Scythopolis (Flavius Josephus, Bellum Iudaicum II 466-471)
A1 Nieto Ibáñez, Jesús María
A2 Filologia Griega
K1 Literatura
K1 Literatura clásica
K1 Josefo, Flavio
K1 Literatura hebrea
K1 Mitología griega
K1 Israel
K1 Josefo, Flavio. La guerra de los judíos. Español
K1 5101.07 Mitos
K1 5101.10 Religión
K1 5506.13 Historia de la Literatura
K1 5506.21 Historia de las Religiones
AB In his account of the numerous massacres of J ews which occurred in the immediateaftermath of the outbreak of war against Rome, Josephus includes in his JewishWar (11466-471) a curious passage concerning the city of Scythopolis:So far the Jews had be en attacking foreigners, but when they raided Scythopolisthey found the Jews there opposed to them; for they lined up with theScythopolitans, ... So they ordered them, ifthey wished to prove their loyaltyand demonstrate their fidelity to their foreign neighbours, to go with theirfamilies into the Grove. The Jews carried out the order, suspecting nothing,and for two days the Scythopolitans made no move, thus deceiving them intothinking themselves safe; but on the third night they watched their opportunitywhen some were off their guard and others asleep, slaughtered them all -more than 13,000 of them - and looted the property of the whole colony.This was one of the most prominent Hellenic enclaves in Palestine, and during theMaccabean revolt it was considered to be a gentile city (2 Macc. 12,29-31)
PB Israel Exploration Society
SN 0021-2059
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/11712
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/11712
NO p. 260-268
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 28-abr-2024