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Bar Kochba Revolt
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Article on Hadrian and the Bar Kochba revolt.
http://www.electriciti.com/garstang/judaean/barkochba.htm
Objects found in the 'Cave of Letters' a known Bar Kochba camp:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/reli...ion/arcproj/judean/2bark_ct.html
Article by Shira Schoenberg on the 132-135 C.E. uprising. From the Jewish Virtual Library.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/revolt1.html
Essay on the second century revolt against the Romans.
http://www.cyberessays.com/History/95.htm
Few characters are as enigmatic as Simon Bar Cosiba better known as Shimon bar Kochba. Some call him a hero who, despite the desperate situation, tried to unite the Jewish people and overthrow the oppression of Rome. Others believe he was an egomaniac with almost Messianic illusions of grandeur.
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=84
Chapter on the period provides an overview and archeological analysis.
http://www.yahweh.org/publications/sjc/sj26Chap.pdf
Information on the second Jewish revolt, also known as the Bar Kochba Revolt after the epithet of the Jewish leader opposing Hadrian.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/barkochbarevolt/
Article by Shira Schoenberg on the 132-135 C.E. uprising. From the Jewish Virtual Library.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/revolt1.html