Talk:Masada myth

Own article?
@Onceinawhile I'm not sure that this requires its own article. Maybe it can be part of the main page. Obviously there is conjecture given this happened a long time ago and the lack of sources.

Speaking of which, this page has a lack of sources. Where is your source that it's "an Israeli national myth"

Where is your source that "selectively constructed narrative based on Josephus' account, supplemented with fabrications and omissions. This narrative was socially constructed and promoted by Jews in Mandatory Palestine and later Israel."

Of course there are some scholars who say a siege took place and given the desire to be independent, neutral and balanced, these counter-claims should be added to the article.

For now, there is too much dogma in this article which needs to be toned down considerably if it going to be authoritative. MaskedSinger (talk) 18:16, 21 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi thanks for the feedback. It is good to discuss these points. On the question of this topic as a separate article, the national myth topic is much more notable than the actual siege itself. This article is already longer (22kb) than the siege article (20kb), and it has only just been started. When this article is finished it might be 3 or 4 times the size.
 * On the sources, please could you confirm you have read the article in detail? The citations and bibliography are primarily scholars published by first class academic publishers, and the citation section includes detailed quotes. I can bring many more quotes if needed, but need to check you have read what is there already? Onceinawhile (talk) 06:34, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
 * @Onceinawhile thanks for getting back to me. I read the article in detail but it's hard to read the sources without having the books in front of me.
 * If the article is to have credibility and I hope it does, there are a number of things that have to be addressed
 * 1) Some of the language needs to be toned down, especially that which is unsourced
 * 2) Counter claims that the siege did in fact happen need to be brought to balance it. For when push comes to shove, trying to prove it didn't happen is as tricky as trying to prove that it did, especially when there are historians saying that it did happen. MaskedSinger (talk) 06:58, 22 July 2024 (UTC)