Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue. The Fall of Masada 1
5. Chapter 1. The Siege of Masada 5
6. Chapter 2. The Search for Masada 26
7. Chapter 3. Masada in Context 39
8. Chapter 4. Masada and Herod’s Other Building Projects 59
9. Chapter 5. Judea before Herod 90
10. Chapter 6. From Herod to the First Jewish Revolt against Rome 118
11. Chapter 7. The First Jewish Revolt against Rome 141
12. Chapter 8. The Rebel Occupation of Masada 163
13. Chapter 9. “Masada Shall Not Fall Again”: Yigael Yadin, the Mass Suicide, and the Masada Myth 187
14. Epilogue. A Tour of Masada 201
15. Notes 205
16. Bibliography 229
17. Index 245
18. Image credits 263