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1 BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 36 Issue 3 Article Front Matter BYU Studies Follow this and additional works at: Recommended Citation Studies, BYU (1996) "Front Matter," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 36 : Iss. 3, Article 1. Available at: This Introduction is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.

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4 Studies: Front Matter TO OUR READERS BYU studies is dedicated to the correlation of revealed and discovered truth and to the conviction that the spiritual and the intellectual can be complementary and fundamentally harmonious avenues of knowledge this periodical strives to explore scholarly perspectives on LDS topics it is committed conunitted to seeking truth by study and also by faith dac d&c and recognizes that all knowledge without charity is nothing 1 cor 132 it proceeds on the premise that faith and reason revelation and scholarly learning obedience and creativity are compatible they are many members yet but one body 1 cor 1220 contributions from all fields of learning are invited BYU studies strives to publish articles that openly reflect a latter day saint point of view and are obviously relevant to subjects of general interest to latter day saints while conforming to high scholarly standards BYU studies invites personal essays dealing with the life of the mind reflections on personal and spiritual responses to academic experiences intellectual choices values responsibilities and methods as well as quality fiction short stories poetry and drama short studies and notes are also welcomed opinions expressed in BYU byh studies are the opinions of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints brigham young university the editors the advisory board or anyone else instructions TO AUTHORS please write to BYU studies for guidelines about submitting manuscripts and for information about complimentary issues subscribers NOTICE subscription is for one year for two years and for three years single copies of this issue are direct retail A price list for back issues is available on request all subscriptions begin with the current issue unless otherwise requested address all correspondence to BYU studies 403 CB BYU provo utah if you move please let us know four weeks before changing your address BYU studies is abstracted in current contents behavioral social and management sciences indexed in religion index one periodicals articles and index to book reviews in religion and listed in historical abstracts arts and humanities citation index american history and life annual index andml4 MLA international bibliography byustudies BYU is indexed in religion index one peri- odicals index to book reviews in religion religion indexes r101wit11brr 1975 on CDROM CDWOM rioritibrr BYU studies is published quarterly at brigham young university brigham young university provo UT all rights reserved printed in the USA on acid free paper m ISSN provo utah Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,

5 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, Iss. 3 [1996], Art. 1 BYU STUDIES ADVISORY BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS EXECUTIVE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR production EDITOR EDITORS maureen ursenbach beecher william E evenson merlin H forster gerald N lund stephen L tanner john W welch garold N davis larry C porter doris R dant nancy R lund karl F batdorff james B alien allen ailen book reviews brian Q cannon historical documents richard neitzel holzapfel photography eric samuelsen film & drama steven C walker fiction & personal essays EDITORIAL assistants david A allred caryn mouritsen amy lynne felix erin oldroyd jennifer hurlbut robyn M patterson melody mcgrath amber spencer thad E mecham allison welch STAFF glenda egbert marny mamy K parkin annette samuelsen front cover back coner cover coven coden calvarium caldarium Caldarium at masada aerial view of masada 4

6 Studies: Front Matter the world of masada and the new testament I1 te IA caesarea philippi paneas haneas mediterranean qischala Qischala GAULEEA L I1 L E E sptolemais jotapata uotapata dota Uotapata wtolemats sea f arbela caves f ajl yjl gseaofqalhee a 0ofkatilee fqatile qatilee F sepphoris Sepphoris tiberius hippos Hipp 1 glaba batlyr bathyra bathyna Ba caesarea cada qada c4adara ra sebaste SAIVIA salvia lkntipatris A M A R I 1 A id samaria alexandrium phasaeli Ph asaeli anthedon Anth olaza claza ilon ion J U D E A hebron jerico aj yj livias levias cypros j jerusalem TH esbus fchne elbus quaran qumran hycania hyrcanian Hycania herodium Herodium herodius en bedi qedi machaerus machaerius Machaerus I1 D U M E A masada NABATEA Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,

7 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, Iss. 3 [1996], Art. 1 volume number 3 MASADA AND THE WORLD thenewtestament OF THE NEW TESTAMENT table of contents introduction 9 masada A forum address at brigham young university masada herods hernds fortress and the zealots zealous yigael yadin badin and S Zealots last stand 15 kent brown herodian times and historical backgrounds king herod 35 richard neitzel holzapfel hernds herods wealth 74 john W welch herod the greats building program andrew teasdale 85 alexander the great comes to jerusalem the jewish response to hellenism cecilia M peek 99 A historical sketch of galilee 113 andrew C skinner masada and life in first centuryjudea revolutionaries in the first century 129 kent P jackson legal and social perspectives on robbers in first century judea 141 john W welch the keys of the kingdom keys from masada 154 marti lu alien allen ailen the virgins lamps shine beautiful 170 marti lu alien allen ailen loosing a shoe latchet sandals and footwear in the first century 196 shane A baker the fruit of the vine wine at masada and in the new testament 207 jo ann H seely 6

8 Studies: Front Matter hebrew aramaic greek and latin languages of new testament judea roger T macfarlane 228 coins in the new testament 239 nanci debloois gammadia Gammadia on early jewish and christian garments 252 john W welch and claire foley religion in first centuryjudea the priestly tithe in the first century AD 261 john A tvedtnes the masada synagogue and its relationship to jewish worship during the second temple period 269 E jan wilson masada and rehi Refi miqvaot ritual immersion baths in second temple intertestamental testamental Inter jewish history 277 stephen D ricks the masada fragments the qumran quaran scrolls and the new testament 287 david rolph seely sacred books the canon of the hebrew bible at the end of the first century 302 robert L maxwell the ahe romans in judea the roman province of judea A historical overview 319 john F hall the roman army in the first century 337 william J hamblin casting stones ballista stones as weapons and death by stoning 350 james V garrison the end of masada and they cast lots divination democracy andjosephus 365 eric D huntsman suicide at masada and in the world of the new testament 378 daniel K judd the reliability of josephus can he be trusted 392 eric D huntsman history and fable heroism and fanaticism nachman ben yehudas yehudah the masada myth 403 arnold H green index 427 Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,

9 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, Iss. 3 [1996], Art. 1 illustrations map of the world of the new testament frontispiece introduction yigael yadin badin 16 the masada fortress 22 herodian times and historical backgrounds ruins of herods hernds northern palace at masada 37 the herodian dynasty 39 the hasmonean hasmonaean Hasmon dynasty 45 ruins of herods hernds western palace at masada 51 building ruins at masada 52 masada mosaics bronze coin from reign of herod 65 potsherd with inscription 66 sites of herods hernds building projects 84 terrace of northern palace 87 aqueduct for caesarea 89 herods hernds temple 94 floor plan of hernds herods temple 96 corinthian column capital 103 northern palace restored section 104 masada and life in first century judea potsherd with inscription wood door with latch 155 threshold for double bolted door 156 diagram of bolt and bolt channel 156 two hand wood lock 158 single hand wood lock 159 door with single hand wood lock 160 igo wood keys 161 igi slide key operated spring lock 162 slide keys wood trick box 165 byzantine turn keys 167 early palestinian lamps

10 Studies: Front Matter hellenistic lamps 175 lamps from masada 176 early roman lamps 179 early roman imperial lamps 181 wheel thrown lamps from masada molded lamps fromjudea 185 palestinian molded lamps 186 molded grayware lamps from masada 187 sicarii sicardi footwear found at masada 200 roman caliga found at masada 201 amphorae Amphorae from masada 211 amphoral wine or oil vessel fragment 214 fragments of the book of leviticus silver denarius 240 drachma 242 gold stater 242 bronze blepta mite 243 tyrian shekel 244 relative value of roman coins and equivalents 246 silver shekel and half shekel 248 silver greek tetradrachma Tetradrachm 249 cloth fragment with gammadia Gammadia 252 masada and religion in first centuryjudea potsherds Potsherds with inscriptions synagogue at masada 270 floor plan of synagogue at masada 274 masada miqveh 278 plans of masada miqvaot 280 qumran quaran miqveh 281 fragment of ben sira the romans in judea roman legionary armor 340 armed roman legionary 341 roman camp at masada 345 roman siege ramp roman siege tower roman ballista defense stones from masada the end of masada ostracon from masada 383 lsi isi Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,