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Release : 1971
Genre : Palestine
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Book Synopsis Bar-Kokhba ; the Rediscovery of the Legendary Hero of the Second Jewish Revolt Against Rome by :
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Author : Yigael Yadin
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Book Synopsis Bar-Kokhba : the rediscovery of the legendary hero of the second Jewish revolt against Rome by : Yigael Yadin
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Author : Lindsay Powell
Release : 2021-11-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Bar Kokhba by : Lindsay Powell
Download or read book Bar Kokhba written by Lindsay Powell. This book was released on 2021-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the ancient Jewish military leader examines how he mounted a years-long revolt against Rome that changed the course of history. In AD 132, a bloody struggle began between two determined leaders over who would rule Judea. One was the powerful Roman Emperor Hadrian, who some regarded as divine. The other was Shim’on—known today as Bar Kokhba—a Jewish military commander in a district of a minor province, who some believed to be the ‘King Messiah’. In Bar Kokhba, ancient historian Lindsay Powell examines the clash between these two men, and the two ancient cultures they represented. In the ensuing conflict, the Jewish militia resisted the onslaught of the professional Roman army for three-and-a-half years. They established an independent nation with its own administration, headed by Shim’on as its president. The outcome of that David and Goliath contest was of great consequence, both for the people of Judaea and for Judaism itself. Drawing on archaeology, art, coins, inscriptions, militaria, as well as secular and religious documents, Lindsay Powell sheds light on Bar Kokhba’s singular life and legacy. She also describes her personal journey across three continents to establish the facts.
Author : Lindsay Powell
Release : 2017-07-27
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Bar Kokhba War AD 132–136 by : Lindsay Powell
Download or read book The Bar Kokhba War AD 132–136 written by Lindsay Powell. This book was released on 2017-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In AD 132, Shim'on Ben Koseba, a rebel leader who assumed the messianic name Shim'on Bar Kokhba ('Son of a Star'), led the people of Judaea in open rebellion, aiming to establish their own independent Jewish state and to liberate Jerusalem from the Romans. During the ensuing 'Bar Kokhba War' (AKA the Second Jewish War), the insurgents held their own against the crack Roman troops sent by Emperor Hadrian for three-and-a-half years. The cost of this rebellion was catastrophic: hundreds of thousands of casualties, the destruction and enslavement of Jewish communities and a ban on Jews entering Jerusalem. Bar Kokhba remains important in Israel today because he was the last leader of a Jewish state before the rise of Zionism in modern times. This fully illustrated volume explores the gripping story of the uprising, profiling its rebel leader Bar Kokhba as well as the Emperor Hadrian and his generals, and assesses the impact that this violent rebellion had on the region and those that were displaced.
Author : James J. Bloom
Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Jewish Revolts Against Rome, A.D. 66-135 by : James J. Bloom
Download or read book The Jewish Revolts Against Rome, A.D. 66-135 written by James J. Bloom. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first and second centuries A.D., the supremacy of the Roman Empire was aggressively challenged by three Jewish rebellions. The facts surrounding the initial uprising of A.D. 66-74 have been filtered through the biased accounts of Judeao Roman historian Flavius Josephus. Primary information regarding the subsequent Diaspora Revolt (A.D. 115-117) and the Bar Kochba Rebellion (A.D. 132-135) is limited to fragmentary anecdotes emphasizing the religious implications of the two insurrections. In contrast, this analytical history focuses objectively on the military aspects of all three Judean uprisings. The events leading up to each rebellion are detailed, while the nine appendices cover such topics as the nature and number of the Jewish rebels and the factual reliability of the controversial Josephus. One appendix hypothesizes an alternative history of the war between Jerusalem and Rome.
