BAR KOKBA, SIMON

or Simon Bar Cochbakōkˈbə [Heb.,=son of the star], d. a.d. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–135). He may have claimed to be a Messiah; the Talmud relates that Akiba ben Joseph credited him with this title. His personality and the facts of his life are surrounded by legend. He is sometimes called Simon the Prince of Israel. At first he successfully defeated the Roman armies, but the tide turned against him with the victories of the Roman general Julius Severus, and he was killed at Bether. Israeli archaeologists have found a number of letters in his handwriting.

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The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Anti-Semitism
Book by Edward H. Flannery; Macmillan Company, 1965
Subjects: Antisemitism--History
...108 Germany, 115 , 116 papal opposition, 71 , 74 , 102 , 107 , 110 , 113 Poland, 157 Portugal, 140 Roman Empire, 69 -71 Spain, 75 , 132 -34 Baptism, slaves of Jews refused, 83 Barbarian invasions, 72 Bar Kokba, Simon, 32 , 36
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History of Syria: Including Lebanon and Palestine
Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1951
Subjects: Lebanon, Palestine--History, Syria--History
...Sijilmasah, 577 , 578 Sijistan, 458 sikkah, 619 Siloam, 199 Simeon Stylites, 365 -6, 372 Simon, Maccabean, 245 Simon Bar Kokba, 340 Simon of T aibutheh, 553 Simyra, 72 , 74 , 82 , 130 Sin, 175 Sinai: 30 , 31 , 58 ; coast of, 60...
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Syria: A Short History
Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1959
Subjects: Syria--History
...One last spark of life appeared in 132, when the Jewish banner of revolt was unfurled by a mysterious leader, Simon Bar Kokba. But Hadrian crushed the rebellion and turned Jerusalem into a Roman colony called Aelia Capitolina. More than half...
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The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader
Book by Arthur Hertzberg; Jewish Publication Society, 1997
Subjects: Zionism--History--Sources
...of the Mishnah, the second-century code of Jewish law, which deals with rules governing agriculture. BUBER 1. Simon Bar Kokba, the leader of the Jewish insurrection against the Romans 132- 135 which ended in failure. 2. See Nordau, Note...
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The Historical Jesus in Context
Book by Amy-Jill Levine, Dale Allison Jr., John Dominic Crossan; Princeton University Press, 2006
Subjects: Jesus Christ--Historicity
...Silius, 313 Silvanus, 326 Simeon b. Shatah, Rabbi, 153 54, 163 Simeon bar Kochba (Kokba), 27, 71, 150, 162 63 Simon (Jesus host), 339 Simon (Maccabee), 16 Simon bar Giora, 23 Socrates, 8, 222, 224, 386, 393 Solomon, 14, 342...
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National Icons and Personal Identities in Three Israeli Autobiographies
Journal article by Michael Keren; Biography, Vol. 27, 2004
Subjects: Allon, Yigal--Criticism and interpretation, Autobiographies--Criticism and interpretation, Dayan, Moshe--Criticism and interpretation, My Father's House (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Rabin, Yitzhak--Criticism and interpretation, Story of My Life (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, The Rabin Memoirs (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...judges and kings, and of mythological figures such as Simon Bar Kochba, who led a rebellion against the Roman Empire in...the first independent Hebrew army since the time of Bar-Kokba?" (193). THE LONE RIDER One of the best-known literary...


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Bar Kokba, Simon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAR KOKBA, SIMON or Simon Bar Cochba kok b Heb.,=son of the star, d. a.d. 135, Hebrew...facts of his life are surrounded by legend. He is sometimes called Simon the Prince of Israel. At first he successfully defeated the Roman...
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Bar Cochba, Simon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAR COCHBA, SIMON see Bar Kokba, Simon . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Palestine , Region, Asia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Romans destroyed the Temple (a.d. 70). Another revolt between a.d. 132 and 135 was also suppressed (see Bar Kokba, Simon ), Jericho and Bethlehem were destroyed, and the Jews were barred from Jerusalem. When Emperor Constantine converted...
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Jamnia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jerusalem. The Great Sanhedrin was moved to Jamnia, and the city became the capital of the Jews until the rise of Simon Bar Kokba . In the Middle Ages the Crusaders fortified the city. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...


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