- John of
Gischala (Gr****: Ἰωάννης, Ioánnes; Hebrew: יוחנן בן לוי, fl. 70) was a
leader of the
first Jewish revolt against the Romans.
During the Jewish...
- also been
found there.
During the
classical period, the town was
known as
Gischala, a Gr****
transcription of the
Hebrew name Gush Halav. Both
Josephus and...
-
Gischala who had also set his
sight over the
control of Galilee. Like Josephus, John had am****ed to
himself a
large band of
supporters from
Gischala (Gush...
- Temple's destruction.
According to Josephus, the
Zealots followed John of
Gischala, who had
fought the
Romans in Galilee, escaped, came to Jerusalem, and...
-
attributed to
Eleazar ben Simon, his
inability to
establish unity with John of
Gischala and
Simon bar
Giora resulted in a
bitter civil war that
weakened the Jewish...
-
mainly Zealot factions of the
Northern Revolt under the
command of John of
Gischala and
Eleazar ben
Simon became evident. With
Edomites entering the city and...
- diverge.
After the fall of the
Galilee to the
Romans from the north, John of
Gischala arrives in
Jerusalem to
offer help. The
rebels open the
gates to him, but...
-
forces of An****
besieged the
Zealots who held the Temple. When John of
Gischala led the
Zealots to
believe that An**** had
contacted the
Roman General...
- “mothers ate
their children to survive”,
while Jewish revolt leader, John of
Gischala, and his men
consumed the oil and wine that were
luxury items from the...
- gave his
verbal support to the
warring faction in
Galilee under John of
Gischala.
Before his death, he and his
fellow jurists opposed the
appointment of...
