Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Masada' has mentioned 'Jewish' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Almost all historical information about Masada comes from the first-century Jewish Roman historian Josephus. | WIKI |
| In 66 CE, a group of Jewish rebels, the Sicarii, overcame the Roman garrison of Masada with the aid of a ruse. | WIKI |
| [8][dubious xe2x80x93 discuss] According to Josephus, the Sicarii were an extremist Jewish splinter group antagonistic to a larger grouping of Jews referred to as the Zealots, who carried the main burden of the rebellion. | WIKI |
| Josephus said that the Sicarii raided nearby Jewish villages including Ein Gedi, where they massacred 700 women and children. | WIKI |
| [16][17] The Romans employed the X Legion and a number of auxiliary units and Jewish prisoners of war, totaling some 15,000 (of whom an estimated 8,000 to 9,000 were fighting men),[18] in crushing Jewish resistance at Masada. | WIKI |
| The synagogue, storehouses, and houses of the Jewish rebels have also been identified and restored. | WIKI |
| As to the sparse remains of 24 people[dubious xe2x80x93 discuss] found in the southern cave at the base of the cliff, excavator Yigael Yadin was unsure of their ethnicity; however, the rabbinical establishment concluded that they were remains of the Jewish defenders, and in July 1969, they were reburied as Jews in a state ceremony. | WIKI |
| Jewish American light welterweight champion boxer Cletus Seldin wears a jacket, on the back of which is written "Remember the Masada". | WIKI |
| After Judaea became a province of the Roman Empire, it was the refuge of the last survivors of the Jewish revolt, who chose death rather than slavery when the Roman besiegers broke through their defences. | UNESCO |
| As such it has an emblematic value for the Jewish people. | UNESCO |
| When this natural defensive site, further strengthened by massive walls, was occupied by survivors of the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule, it was successfully besieged by a massive Roman army. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): Masada is a symbol of the ancient Jewish Kingdom of Israel, of its violent destruction in the later 1st century CE, and of the subsequent Diaspora. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): The tragic events during the last days of the Jewish refugees who occupied the fortress and palace of Masada make it a symbol both of Jewish cultural identity and, more universally, of the continuing human struggle between oppression and liberty. | UNESCO |