Salt Lake Tribune reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack travels to Masada, Israel — the site of an ancient battle — and marvels at how the surrounding area looks like southern Utah — or how it would look if the Great Salt Lake were there.
In A.D. 68, some zealots fled to Masada during the Great Revolt against Rome and built it into a stone fortress. The Romans came after the rebels, the last holdouts in Judea., it became clear that the Romans were on the verge of taking the city. Believing the cause to be hopeless, Masada’s leader, Elazar ben Yair, persuaded the inhabitants to give up their lives rather than submit to the Romans.
To us, the recovered ruins of the buildings — including a synagogue — were impressive windows into their world.about the collective deaths and historian Josephus’ part in promoting the story. Coming from Utah, I had to put my feet in that salty sister to our own lake. It seemed, well, similar. Christians were chanting and circling the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Holy Saturday and kissing the “bed” where Christ’s body allegedly was laid before burial.
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