For the Freedom of Zion Quotes

“against Romans based upon conclusions about its causes, course, and outcome. The story of the Temple’s destruction is often seen as the paradigmatic, if not unprecedented, warning or lesson for Jews and others. Sin will be punished; great sin will be greatly punished.61”
― Guy Maclean Rogers, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE

“Whatever the theological and ritual differences among modern Jews, Christians, and Muslims (in all their diversity), both internally and externally, the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem in 70 is for all of them an essential episode in their intertwined and often competitive histories. Countless people over the last two thousand years have drawn strategic, philosophical, spiritual, and personal lessons from the war of Jews”
― Guy Maclean Rogers, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE

“or insignificant. Its outcome changed the course of Judaea’s history, of Rome’s history, and that of the world. Nor is the story over. The efforts to give the war meaning continue, and not only among the priestly courses of historians and archaeologists.”
― Guy Maclean Rogers, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE

“The war between Jews and Romans was fought with great ferocity by both sides, and it led to suffering, death, and destruction on a scale for which we have no other comparable testimony in the history of the early Roman empire, even if Josephus, its historian, exaggerated casualty figures on both sides. Yet some scholars have downplayed the scale and significance of the war of Jews against Romans. This book will prove that the war was not small, short,”
― Guy Maclean Rogers, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE

“The remnants of no other ancient structure support as many fears and hopes about the present or future of humanity as those of the Western, or Wailing, Wall of the Temple. Many people today believe that the fate of humanity itself will be decided at the site of the destroyed Temple. Visitors to the Western Wall today are immediately aware that they are visiting not just another tourist site; they are at an active religious shrine and are witnesses to expressions of piety that are sometimes intended to have consequences for all of humanity.”
― Guy Maclean Rogers, For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE