The Image of Bar Kokhba in Traditional Jewish Literature : : False Messiah and National Hero / / Richard G. Marks.
Bar Kokhba led the Jewish rebellion against Rome in 132-135 A.D., which resulted in massive destruction and dislocation of the Jewish populace of Judea. In early rabbinic literature, Bar Kokhba was remembered in two ways: as an imposter claiming to be the Messiah and as a glorious military leader wh...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Hebrew Transliteration
- Introduction: Freedom Fighter, Reckless Thug, Hero-Saint
- 1 Bar Kokhba in Rabbinic Literature
- 2 Bar Kokhba in the Writings of Ibn Daud and Maimonides
- 3 Abravanel's Image of Bar Kokhba
- 4 Bar Kokhba in Sixteenth- Century Historical Writings
- 5 Bar Kokhba in the Later Kabbalah
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Roman and Christian Writings on the Jewish Rebellion of 116-1 17 and the War of Bar Kokhba
- Bibliography
- Index