The masada myth collective memory and mythmaking in israel ben yehuda nachman isbn 9780299148300 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The masada myth collective memory and mythmaking in israel amazonde nachman ben yehuda fremdsprachige bucher. In 73 ad legend has it 960 jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of masada committed suicide rather than surrender to a roman legion recorded in only one historical source the story of masada was obscure for centuries in the masada myth israeli sociologist nachman ben yehuda tracks the process by which masada became an ideological symbol for the state of israel the . In the masada myth israeli sociologist nachman ben yehuda tracks the process by which masada became an ideological symbol for the state of israel the dramatic subject of movies and miniseries a shrine venerated by generations of zionists and israeli soldiers and the most profitable tourist attraction in modern israel