Guy MacLean Rogers is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics and History at Wellesley College. He lives in Litchfield County, CT.
“Through his close analysis of the war, making extensive critical
use of Josephus’s works, [Rogers] raises and resolves important
questions about the nature of a revolt whose ripples can still be
felt in our own time.”—David Abulafia, Catholic Herald
“In his excellent new book . . . Guy MacLean Rogers tries to figure
out precisely what compelled the Jews of the first century to rebel
against the Roman Empire.”—Simeon Cohen, Times of Israel
“A beautifully produced and thought-provoking book. . . .
Fascinating questions [are] debated within these pages.”—Sara Jo
Ben Zvi, Segula: The Jewish History Magazine
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2022
“A remarkable achievement. Guy Rogers provides a powerful, moving
reconstruction of the scale, scope, and consequences of the great
Jewish war against Rome. Thoughtful, careful, and thorough, this is
a major contribution to scholarship. Rogers’ lively and engaging
style makes it eminently accessible to a broad audience.”—Erich S.
Gruen, University of California at Berkeley
“Guy Rogers brings a profound grasp of the Roman world, historical
flair, and fine judgment to this new, in-depth political and
military study of the Great Jewish Revolt against Rome. This is an
important and exciting book about an event that changed the course
of history and that has a perennial hold on our emotions and
imagination.”—Tessa Rajak, University of Oxford
“Written with passion and wit, this patient and remarkably detailed
reconstruction offers fresh interpretations of matters large and
small, leading persuasively to the view of the war as a profound
crisis with far-reaching and lasting consequences, whose meaning
has been urgently debated to this very day.”—Jonathan Price, Tel
Aviv University
“Rogers provides a sweeping and detailed overview. This important
work, written by a leading authority, will immediately become the
standard reference on the First Jewish Revolt against Rome.”—Jodi
Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Guy Rogers provides a lucid yet terrifying account of the ‘Jewish
War’—the uprising of the Jews in 66 CE, and the Roman empire’s
savage response, in a story that stretches from Rome to Jerusalem.
It is characterized by inter- and intra-communal violence,
desperate acts of resistance and bravery, and imperial repression,
culminating in the destruction of the Temple, the execution of the
brilliant Jewish military commander Simon bar Giora, and the
capture of Masada. But Rogers is also a great historian: his
narrative is a clinical, forensic examination of context,
background, political culture, causality, contingency, and
sources—especially the extraordinarily intimate view of events
provided by the figure of the Jewish aristocrat, leader and
turncoat Josephus.”—John Ma, Columbia University
“Guy Rogers has retold the story of the Jewish revolt of AD
66–73/4, a turning point in Jewish history, taking full account of
modern scholarship, in a style aimed at a wide audience, vividly
painting the heroism and tragedy of the clash between
civilizations, whose impact survived to this very day in the ethos
of modern Israel.”—Hannah Cotton, Hebrew University in
Jerusalem
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