Table of Contents

1. Introduction: (i) The problem; (ii) The conventional explanations; (iii) Civil war, the ruling class and revolt; Part I. The Ruling Class AD 6–66: 2. The new ruling class AD 6; 3. Problems facing the ruling class: economic and social; 4. Problems facing the ruling class: religious ideology; 5. Why the ruling class failed; Part II. Faction Struggle within the Ruling Class: 6. Reactions to failure: the ruling class AD 6–66; 7. The outbreak of revolt; 8. The independent Jewish state AD 67–70; 9. Trends in faction politics AD 50–70; Part III. The Aftermath of the Revolt: 10. The Roman reaction.

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How Rome's misunderstanding of the status criteria of Jewish society led to the revolt of AD 66.

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'... a major contribution to the history of Roman Judaea.' The Society for Old Testament Study