Review of Ben-Yehuda, The Myth of Masada

BLAST FROM THE PAST: For some reason Bing has been reviving some old items, including one from a decade ago by Alex Joffe, a review of Nachman Ben-Yehuda, The Masada Myth: Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel: Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada (The Middle East Quarterly). Excerpt:

If Ben-Yehuda is too severe in his standards, he does offer an important contribution to Israeli history. His detailed investigative approach, a vital contribution to developing the proper relationship between archaeology and society, should be emulated.

Somehow I missed that review at the time, but I noted others here.