Category:Bar Kokhba (subject)
Shimon Bar Kokhba (2nd century CE) was the Jewish leader of the so-called Bar Kockba revolt (or Third Jewish revolt) against the Roman rule in Judea around 132 CE.
Biography
From ancient sources we know that his real name was Simon ben Kosiba. The Aramaic surname (Bar Kokhba = "son of a star") was given to him in reference to the messianic prophecy of Numbers 24:17. After the failure of the revolt, rabbinic writers would rather call him "Bar Kozeba" (= son of disappointment"). The discovery of letters in a cave near the Dead Sea, some apparently signed by Bar Kokhba himself, have provided some first-hand information about this historical character and the dramatic conclusion of the revolt.
Bar Kokhba in the arts
The rediscovery of Bar Kokhba as a Jewish hero and its transformation into a fearless champion of freedom and independence for his people coincide with the rise of Zionism in the second half of the 19th century. The memory of Bar Kokhba has accompanied the birth of the State of Israel and its struggle for independence and survival.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Pages in category "Bar Kokhba (subject)"
The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
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- Bar-Cochba, der letzte Judenkönig (Bar-Kokhba, the Last King of the Jews / 1857 Heigel), poetry
- הריסות ביתר (Harisot Betar) (The Fall of Bethar / 1858 Schulman), book
- La vengeance d'un juif (1865 Guénot), novel
- Bar Kokhba (1883 Goldfaden), opera
- Bar Kokhba (1884 Landau), play
- The Son of a Star (1888 Richardson), novel
- Der letster Yudisher kenig (The Last Jewish King / 1888 Shaikewitz), novel
- Le fils de l'étoile (The Son of the Star / 1903 Erlanger / Mendès), opera (music & libretto), Paris premiere
- Jérusalem contre Rome: un duel pour l'hégémonie en Méditerranée orientale (1938 Pin), book
- Bar Kokhba (1941 Forsyth), novel
- Der letster oyfshtand (The Last Revolt / 1948 Opatoshu), novel
- Stejernesønnen (1952 Borchsenius), book
- Prince of Israel (1952 Gilner), novel
- The Last Revolt (1952 @1948 Opatoshu / Spiegel), novel (English ed.)
- Stjarnans son (1953 Borchsenius), book (Swedish ed.)
- The Son of a Star (1957 Borchsenius), book (English ed.)
- Der Sternensohn (1958 Borchsenius), book (German ed.)
- Ha-Kanaim la-deror (1966 Livneh), novel
- Simon Bar Cochba: Rebellion in Judea (1969 Finch), novel
- Bar Kochba (1971 Yadin), book (German ed.)
- Ha-Hipusim ahar Bar-Kokhba (1971 Yadin), book
- Prolegomena to the Study of the Second Jewish Revolt (1976 Applebaum), book
- Joshua, Fighter for Bar Kochba (1978 Narell), children's novel
- Bar Kokhba (1979 Yadin), book (Japanese ed.)
- Der Bar Kokhba-Aufstand (1981 Schäfer), book
- If I Forget Thee (1983 Segal), novel
- The Mystery of Bar Kokhba (1996 Reznich), book
- Me`arot ha-miflat mi-tekufat mered Bar-Kokhva (1998 Eshel/Amit), book
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- Hidushim be-heker mered Bar Kokhba (2001 Eshel/Zissu), edited volume
- My Husband, Bar Kokhba (2003 Sanders), novel
- The Bar Kokhba War Reconsidered (2003 Schäfer), edited volume
- Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome (2009 Everett), non-fiction
- Le guerre ebraiche dei Romani (The Jewish Wars of the Romans / 2015 Lewin), book
- Lettere di Bar Kokhba (2013 Martone), book
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