Suggested readings

Nachum Ben-Yehuda, The Masada Myth: Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel (1995)

Magen Broshi, Archeological Museums in Israel: reflections on Problems of National Identity, In Museums and the Making of “Ourselves”, The Role of Objects in National Identity, Flora E. S. Kaplan, ed. pp 315-331, (1996)

Yael Zerubavel, Recovered Roots: Collective Memory and the Making of Israeli National Tradition (1995)

Shaye Cohen, "Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains, and the Credibility of Josephus," Journal of Jewish Studies 33 (1982).

Raymond Newell, "Suicide Accounts in Josephus: A Form Critical Study," Society of Biblical Literature 1982 Seminar Papers

Robert Paine, "Masada: A History of A Memory," History and Anthropology 6 (1994)

Baila Shargel, "The Evolution of the Masada Myth," Judaism 28 (1979)