Mordechai Aviam | Yodfat (Jotapata): The Life and Death of a Jewish Galilean Town

Presented by Mordechai Aviam, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Land of Israel Studies, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Senior Researcher in the institute for Galilean Archaeology
Yodfat was a Jewish town in the mountains of Lower Galilee, north of Sepphoris. It started its Jewish life after the annexation of Galilee to the Hasmonean period around 110 BCE. The town was first mentioned by Flavius Josephus during his preparations for the Roman invasion at the beginning of the First Jewish Revolt. The excavation of the site started in 1992 and continued for seven seasons, during which evidence for the daily life of its inhabitants was uncovered, as well as evidence for the preparations for the war and the dramatic end. According to Josephus, the battle against the Roman army of 40,000 legionaries under the command of Vespasianus and Titus was forty-seven days of bloody siege, which ended with a heavy massacre, and fall into Roman hands.
The David A. Kipper Ancient Israel Lecture Series
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[@RealUvane]

Amazing lecture!

[@robertfletcher3421]

Thank you for a very interesting lecture.

[@medunkt]

Very informative, and very moving to learn about the fate of the Jeweish men, women and children who were massacred there by Vespasian's legionaires. I would very much like to visit the site that's been developed there.

[@ricardomartins3015]

Very good lecture with lots of fascinating information.

[@stevenv6463]

I'm curious how Israelites were not the majority in the Galilee when the Assyrians only exiled 20% of the Israelite population at most. Is it because even if they stated there with a genetic presence they began following other cultures, speaking other languages and considering themselves as other ethnicities?
Also it would be fascinating to do genetic tests on the remains and see how related they are to each other and to modern populations.

[@Achill101]

I find it fascinating that we can use mikvahs as such certain markers for Jewish quarters.
It reminds me of the old mikvah in Speyer, Germany, that I visited many years ago. @13:37 Aviam says that mikvahs appeared in Europe only in the 13. century, but the mikvah in Speyer seems to have been mentioned first already in 1126, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_courtyard

[@Achill101]

But all in all, a very interesting lecture about the town.

[@stevenv6463]

Not only that but also the existence of a specific type of container (this professor mentions it's stone but I thought chalk) because this material was more difficult to become ritually impure and/or easier to purify. This is based on Leviticus where certain vessels need to be soaked or passed through fire depending on the material.
He mentions this about the vessels at 24:40

[@kayhearleartist]

Enjoyed it Thanks

[@williampiergiovanni5227]

Excellent!

[@deafprophet]

יברעית

[@ici70yz49]

The prisoners of historical events will always hinder the humans from going forward

[@deafprophet]

Revolt was about the hebrew language

[@deafprophet]

Hebräischen

[@nukelaloosh4795]

maybe even more uptalking next presentation

[@2919851]

Jews is the first born of our FATHER OUR GOD POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,. it is Mentioned by our LORD OUR GOD in book of EXODUS

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Chapter and verse?

[@Ken_Scaletta]

Psychobabble.
Just FYI, Moses never actually existed and the Bible was written by people.