Home›Sources›Menahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980)SourcesMenahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980)Israel Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Menahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/stern-greek-and-latin-authors-on-jews-and-judaism-volume-two-tacitus-to-simplicius.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Menahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/stern-greek-and-latin-authors-on-jews-and-judaism-volume-two-tacitus-to-simpliciusCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-menahem-stern-greek-and-latin-authors-on, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Menahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/stern-greek-and-latin-authors-on-jews-and-judaism-volume-two-tacitus-to-simplicius}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA critical edition and commentary volume collecting the Greek and Latin literary sources on Jews and Judaism from Tacitus to Simplicius, including Tacitus's Histories account of the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Stern's commentary on that passage treats its figure of six hundred thousand dead, and by extension Josephus's still higher figure, as rhetorical rather than a reliable count, without proposing a replacement number of his own.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Stern (1925 to 1989) was professor of Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the field's standard editor of the corpus of classical references to Jews and Judaism. This Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities volume remains the reference edition of the Tacitus passage giving 600,000 dead at the siege of Jerusalem, and is cited here for its judgment that the ancient figure is not a reliable count rather than for a replacement figure, since Stern proposes none.CitationAuthorWell-attestedMenahem SternPublisherWell-attestedJerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesPublication YearWell-attested1980Source TypeWell-attestedCritical editionSourcesMenahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980)tier 1Menahem Stern, Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1980Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested11Open QuestionsHow Many Died in the Destruction of the Second Temple?SourcesMenahem Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Volume Two: From Tacitus to Simplicius (1980)Connected1Open QuestionsHow Many Died in the Destruction of the Second Temple?General References1Open QuestionsHow Many Died in the Destruction of the Second Temple?Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year