The Image of Bar Kokhba in Traditional Jewish Literature: False Messiah and National Hero

by Richard Gordon Marks and 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 whose successes led Rabbi Akiba, one of the great rabbinic authorities of Jewish tradition, to acclaim him the Messiah. These two earliest images formed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271025719
• ISBN13: 9780271025711
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"