Makes more sense. Why would a Roman legion dedicate three years to a community which had enclosed itself in a space they had encircled? Those Romans were incredible earth workers, very efficient and quick enough en masse. To me, always, the gist of the Jewish story was the resolve the community showed in mass suicide rather than submission.
Makes more sense. Why would a Roman legion dedicate three years to a community which had enclosed itself in a space they had encircled? Those Romans were incredible earth workers, very efficient and quick enough en masse. To me, always, the gist of the Jewish story was the resolve the community showed in mass suicide rather than submission.