John of Gischala information

John of Gischala (Greek: Ἰωάννης, Ioánnes; Hebrew: יוחנן בן לוי, fl. 70) was a leader of the first Jewish revolt against the Romans. During the Jewish...

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 instead of uniting...

in control of the Temple. The forces of Ananus besieged the Zealots who held the Temple. When John of Gischala led the Zealots to believe that Ananus...

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...

When John of Gischala led the Zealots to believe that Ananus had contacted the Roman general Vespasian for assistance in retaking control of all Jerusalem...

Temple's destruction. According to Josephus, the Zealots followed John of Gischala, who had fought the Romans in Galilee, escaped, came to Jerusalem,...

contended with John of Gischala who had also set his sight over the control of Galilee. Like Josephus, John had amassed to himself a large band of supporters...

during the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt, gave his verbal support to the warring faction in Galilee under John of Gischala. Before his death, he...

for battle with John of Gischala. From 1997 to 2012, Tel Kedesh was excavated by a team from the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology in...

“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...

Simon Bar-Giora and John of Gischala. Many fled to areas around the Mediterranean Sea. Titus reportedly refused to accept a wreath of victory, as he claimed...

ירושלים, מרכז זלמן שזר, ירושלים, תשס"ז 2006. (John of Gischala: From the Mountains of Galilee to the Walls of Jerusalem) מכורש עד אלכסנדר: תולדות ישראל בשלטון...

The siege of Gush Halav refers to the Roman siege and sack of the fortified Galilean town of Gush Halav (Gischala, modern Jish), during the First Jewish–Roman...

there. During the Classical period, the town was known as Gischala, a Greek transcription of the Hebrew name Gush Halav. Both Josephus and later Jewish...