Yigael yadin biography definition
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A prophet from amongst you: the life of Yigael Yadin : soldier, scholar, and mythmaker of modern Israel 9780201570632
Table of contents :
Frontmatter
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xi)
PROLOGUE: THE VIEW FROM MASADA (page 1)
1. LOST IN THE RUINS (page 7)
2. FATHER AND SON (page 24)
3. INTO THE UNDERGROUND (page 41)
4. THE INDIRECT APPROACH (page 62)
5. PLAN D (page 83)
6. BEN-GURION'S SHADOW (page 109)
7. TEN PLAGUES (page 134)
8. THREATS AND PERSUASIONS (page 159)
9. CHIEF OF STAFF (page 179)
10. SONS OF LIGHT, SONS OF DARKNESS (page 202)
11. HEAD OF ALL THOSE KINGDOMS (page 224)
12. THE CAVE OF LETTERS (page 247)
13. MASADA (page 270)
14. PREPARING FOR BATTLE (page 294)
15. WAR OF ATONEMENT (page 320)
16. THE RISE AND FALL OF DASH (page 340)
17. THE BURDEN OF HISTORY (page 360)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES (page 379)
SOURCES CONSULTED (page 395)
INDEX (page 409)
Citation preview
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Jodi Magness.Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. x + 265 pp. $22.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-691-21677-5.
Reviewed by Yigal Levin (Bar-Ilan University)
Published on H-Judaic (January, 2022)
Commissioned by Robin Buller (University of California - Berkeley)
One of the books that made a significant impression on me in my childhood years was The Story of Masada (1968) by Yigael Yadin, retold for ung readers bygd Gerald Gottlieb (1969). Later in life, I, like the author of the book beneath review, led groups up the steep "Snake Path" that climbs up the eastern face of the mountain, most recently taking my thirteen-year-old son and his classmates for a bar-mitzvah vandring in between COVID-19 lockdowns just gods year. So, when asked to review Jodi Magness's Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth, inom jumped at the opportunity. I was not disappointed, finding this book to be an excellent summary of the hi
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Yadin (Sukenik), Yigael
YADIN (Sukenik), YIGAEL (1917–1984), Israeli archaeologist; second chief of staff, and politician, member of the Ninth Knesset. Born in Jerusalem, Yadin was the son of the archaeologist Eliezer Lipa *Sukenik. He went to the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem, and at the age of 15 joined the Haganah. In 1935 he started studying archaeology, history, and Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Following the outbreak of the Arab disturbances in 1936, Yadin left his studies in favor of active military service. He was first engaged in field units, and later in command and training. In 1939 he was appointed as Yitzhak *Sadeh's adjutant. In 1943 he was appointed head of the Operations Section in the Haganah General Staff. Following disagreements with Sadeh, he returned to his studies, receiving his M.A. in 1945. In 1947, not long before the un approval of the partition plan of Palestine, he was recalled by David *Ben-Gurion for active military service, filling