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Yigael Yadin, “The Excavation of Masada—1963/64, Preliminary Report,” Israel Exploration Journal 15 (1965), p. 1.

See Shaye J.D. Cohen, “Masada: Literary Traditions, Archaeological Remains and the Credentials of Josephus,” Journal of Jewish Studies 33 (1982), pp. 385–405.

Yadin, Masada, p. 197.

Yigael Yadin, Masada (New York: Random House, 1966), p. 193.

The western half of the cave was designated Locus 2001 and the eastern half Locus 2002.

James D. Tabor, “Masada: Cave 2001/2002,” The Jewish Roman World of Jesus (posted on the World Wide Web at http://niner.uncc.edu/~jdtabor/masada. html), 1998. Tabor attributes this information about the date of the discovery to “confidential sources.”

Josephus, The Jewish Wars 7.9.2.

Benedikt Niese was the German scholar who edited the works of Flavius Josephus in the Teubner series, Flavii Iosephi opera recognovit Benedictus Niese, 7 vols. (Berlin: Weidmannos, 1888–1895). It is considered the authoritative scientific edition of the Greek text of Josephus.

Josephus, The Jewish Wars 7.8.3.