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The Bar Kokhba War AD 132-136 : The last Jewish revolt against imperial Rome / Lindsay Powell ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Title
- The Bar Kokhba War AD 132-136 : The last Jewish revolt against imperial Rome / Lindsay Powell ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Author
- Powell, Lindsay
- Publication
- Oxford Osprey Publishing , 2017.
- ©2017
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- Additional Authors
- Dennis, Peter
- Description
- 96 pages : color illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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 --Publisher.
- Series Statement
- Campaign ; 310
- Uniform Title
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) ; 310.
- Subject
- Bar Kokhba, -135
- 132-135
- Jews > History > Bar Kokhba Rebellion, 132-135
- Juifs > Histoire > 132-135 (Révolte de Bar Kocheba)
- HISTORY / Ancient / Rome
- HISTORY / Middle East / Israel
- HISTORY / Military
- Jews
- Jews > History > Bar Kokhba Rebellion, 132-135
- Eretz Israel > History > 70-638, Destruction of the Second Temple to rise of Islam
- Eretz Israel > Antiquities, Roman
- Eretz Israel > History > 70-638, Destruction of the Second Temple to rise of Islam
- Eretz Israel > Antiquities, Roman
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Strategic Situation -- Background -- Causes of the war -- King Messiah -- Chronology -- Opposing Commanders -- The Jews and their allies -- The Romans and their allies -- Opposing Armies -- Jewish forces -- Roman forces -- Opposing Plans -- Jewish plans -- Roman plans -- The Campaign -- `For the freedom of Jerusalem' -- War of attrition -- Turning point Last stand at Betar -- Caves of Horror -- Aftermath -- Rewards and punishments -- Hero and myth -- The Battlefield Today -- Israel -- West Bank.
- ISBN
- 9781472817983
- 1472817982
- 9781472817990 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781472818003 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781472822710 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1001361395
- SCSB-10997763
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library