Introduction

Charles Haywood: For the freedom of Zion, Guy McLean Rogers' account of first Jewish-Roman war. He says book exhaustively narrates AD 66 to 74 revolt against Roman rule; during which Romans destroyed Second Temple. War was one of three Jewish rebellions against Roman rule in early 1st century - others were Kito-Swar and Bar-Kokpa. The deep backdrop for Great Revolt wasrule of Herod the Great, who lived probably from 71 BC to AD 1.