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Author | : Leibel Reznick |
Publisher | : Jason Aronson |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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The author uses ancient documents, archaeological findings, and contemporary research to solve the mystery of "the last king of the Jews."
Author | : Lindsay Powell |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2021-11-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1473890020 |
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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 | : Yigael Yadin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Jews |
ISBN | : 9780297003458 |
Download Bar-Kokhba; the Rediscovery of the Legendary Hero of the Last Jewish Revolt Against Imperial Rome Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Richard A. Freund |
Publisher | : Humanities Press International |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Secrets of the Cave of Letters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
One of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries In Israel took place in 1960 when the legendary Yigael Yadin excavated a cave in the Dead Sea area subsequently called the "Cave of Letters." The cave contained the largest cache of ancient personal correspondence and documents ever uncovered in Israel.
Author | : Joshua J. Schwartz |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2017-10-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 900435297X |
Download Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries: The Interbellum 70‒132 CE Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume discusses crucial aspects of the period between the two revolts against Rome in Judaea. This period saw the rise of rabbinic Judaism and the beginning of the split between Judaism and Christianity.
Author | : Captivating History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-11-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781637165225 |
Download The Bar Kokhba Revolt Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William David Davies |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 766 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521219297 |
Download The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.
Author | : James J. Bloom |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786460202 |
Download The Jewish Revolts Against Rome, A.D. 66-135 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Thorsten Opper |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Emperors |
ISBN | : 9780674030954 |
Download Hadrian Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Hadrian, a Roman emperor, the builder of Hadrian's Wall in the north of England, a restless and ambitious man who was interested in architecture and was passionate about Greece and Greek culture. Is this the common image today of the ruler of one of the greatest powers of the ancient world?" "Published to complement a major exhibition at the British Museum, this wide-ranging book rediscovers Hadrian. The sharp contradictions in his personality are examined, previous concepts are questioned and myths that surround him are exploded." --Book Jacket.
Author | : Lindsay Powell |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2013-09-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1473826926 |
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“The story of a Roman Emperor that might have been” (Fighting Times). Germanicus was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspicious circumstances, ended the possibility of a return to a more open republic. This, the first modern biography of Germanicus, is in parts a growing-up story, a history of war, a tale of political intrigue, and a murder mystery. In this highly readable, fast paced account, historical detective Lindsay Powell details Germanicus’s campaigns and battles in Illyricum and Germania; tracks him on his epic tour of the Eastern Mediterranean to Armenia and down the Nile; evaluates the possible causes of his death; and reports on the cruel fate his wife, Agrippina, and their children suffered at the hands of Praetorian Guard commander, and Tiberius’s infamous deputy, Aelius Sejanus.