Josephus gives us a logos and an antilogos, a speech in book III condemning suicide and a speech in book VII lauding it. The parallel between the incidents at Jotapata and Masada was developed ...
(403) So the Romans being now become masters of the wars, they both placed their ensigns upon the towers, and made joyful acclamations for the victory they had gained, as having found the end of ...
“What is Hanukkah?” (B.T. Shabbat, 21b:10). The Talmud asks no comparable question about any other holiday, presumably because every other holiday to date was mentioned in the Bible.