Reply #26: I started out in this thread thinking I had a pretty good understanding of this event . . [View All]

[msmcghee]

. . gleaned from some accounts I found on the internet when this came up a few months ago. From this exchange I'd say there is much to be desired in what I thought I knew. I've accepted my ignorance on this event and am taking another, more serious look at it. The version you offer and surrounding context could well be the correct one. I have ordered Milstein's Volume IV from my library as they don't have it in inventory but can get it for me on loan.

You quoted from that book pretty quickly which makes me think you have it. Do you have the full set? Do you consider Milstein one of the best sources on this? I notice Vol IV was published in 1999. Amazon has a copy of Vol IV, used, for $250. What other references on Israel's early history do you use a lot if I could ask?