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The Bar Kokhba revolt [b] (Hebrew: מֶרֶד בַּר כּוֹכְבָא Mereḏ Bar Kōḵḇāʾ ) was a large-scale armed rebellion initiated by the Jews of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire in 132 CE. [9] Lasting until 135 or early 136, it was the third and final escalation of the Jewish–Roman wars. [10]
The Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136, [37] Hebrew: מרד בר כוכבא) was the third major and final rebellion of the Jewish–Roman wars. The establishment of Roman colony Aelia Capitolina on the ruins of Jerusalem as well as the prohibition of circumcision by Hadrian , are the most likely causes which sparked the uprising.
During the revolt, the Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva regarded Simon as the Jewish messiah; the Talmud records his statement that the Star Prophecy verse from Numbers 24:17: [10] "There shall come a star out of Jacob," [11] referred to him, based on identification of the Hebrew word for star, kokhav, and his name, bar Kozeva.
Jewish–Roman wars 66–135 First Jewish–Roman War 66–73; Kitos War 115–17; Bar Kokhba revolt 132–35; Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus 351–52; Samaritan revolts 484–573; Mar Zutra II revolt in Sasanian Persia 495–502; Jewish revolt against Heraclius 614–17; David Alroy uprising 11th century; Jewish insurgency in ...
The term "Diaspora Revolt" (115–117 CE; [1] Hebrew: מרד הגלויות, romanized: mered ha-galuyot, or מרד התפוצות, mered ha-tfutzot, 'rebellion of the diaspora'; Latin: Tumultus Iudaicus [2]), also known as the Trajanic Revolt [3] and sometimes as the Second Jewish–Roman War, [a] [4] refers to a series of uprisings that occurred in Jewish diaspora communities across the ...
The Bar Kokhba hiding complexes are underground hideout systems built by Jewish rebels and their communities in Judaea and used during the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136 CE) against the Roman Empire. [1] The hiding complexes are believed to have played a significant role during the revolt, particularly in Judea proper.
The Roman suppression of these revolts led to wide-scale destruction, a very high toll of life and enslavement. The First Jewish-Roman War (66–73) resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple. [8] Two generations later, the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136) erupted. Judea's countryside was devastated, and many were killed ...
The Second Jewish Revolt can refer to the following: A phase of the Jewish–Roman wars. the Diaspora revolt; the Bar Kokhba revolt;