I fell like in these two chapters, she just delves right into the content. I find it difficult to go from one chapter to the other, because it is almost as if she is trying to follow the sequence of time, but she does not do a good job of tying all of the events together. I sort of loose track what is happening at what times. She starts mentioning random names, which I do remember, like Titus, Vespasian, and Hadrian and mentions a few important things which those guys did, but she does not come out and say this is the order that they were in.
Maybe the onus is on me! When I am reading this book, I sometimes have to search events, people, and actions which she mentions to sort of connect everything for myself. I feel like she throws so much detail, which is good, but as she is dumping events and names on the reader I am not understanding the connections. It is like we were talking about the Babylonians a chapter ago, which she did not explain what was going on and why they invaded Jerusalem, and then all of a sudden the Romans pop up and they are trying to conquer the city.
On page 163, she starts mentioning Bar Koseba and his revolt, but she spends hardly any time on him, yet still mentions his uncle/priest. To me, the questions is, why does she mentions details like his uncle but wont further talk about Bar Koseba? Apparently this revolt was because the Israelites were fired up about something, then the Romans quashed their rebellion. She says that after this, the Jews were a "defeated race." Is it right to call the Jews a race? I think so, but I have heard that some people do not consider them a race because they come from Judaism which is a religion.
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