Review: 'Jews vs Rome'

Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire

I have a new book review published in the Journal of the Middle East and Africa, reviewing Hoover Institution colleague Barry Strauss’ latest narrative history book: ‘Jews vs Rome’, which mainly focuses on Jewish unrest and rebellion against Roman authority and influence in the period 63 BCE-136 CE.

I reproduce the book review below.

Over the course of Jewish history, the Jewish rebellions against Roman authority that primarily occurred in the first and second centuries CE must surely be counted as a decisive turning point in that they ended all notions of an independent or autonomous Jewish polity for nearly 2000 years. In his latest book, historian and Hoover Institution scholar Barry Strauss seeks to provide an accessible narrative history account that outlines the events of the rebellions and explains their motivations and consequences.