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Bar-Kokhba

s/t: The Rediscovery of the Legendary Hero of the Last Jewish Revolt Against Imperial Rome

From a crevice in a canyon near the Dead Sea, archeologists discovered the letters of Bar-Kokhba, guerrilla leader of the revolt against Hadrian's Rome, written almost 2000 years ago. Expedition leader Yigael Yadin (author of 'Masada') here tells the story of this & other discoveries, bringing Bar-Kokhba out of the romantic shadows of legend & restoring to the Jewish people a real-life hero.

Preface

Behind the legend

The curtain rises

First rays of hope-

Probing

The only cave

The niche of skulls

The wardrobe

The clue of the coin

The great find

The letters speak

The second search

'The redemption of Israel'

Herodium, Qumran, Masada & Bethar

No stone unturned

'He who toils shall find'

The life & trials of Babata

Appendix of References to Bar-Kokhba

Glossary

Bibliography

Publisher's Acknowledgements

Index

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 271
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780394471846
  • Genres
  • israel, jewish, archaeology
  • Release date
  • 1971