The Second Jewish Revolt: The Bar Kokhba War, 132-136 CE

Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/15/06/2016
Reference type: 
Book
Author(s): 
Mor, Menahem
year: 
2016
Full title: 

The Second Jewish Revolt: The Bar Kokhba War, 132-136 CE

Place of Publication: 
Leiden
Publisher: 
Brill
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

offers a detailed account on the Bar Kokhba Revolt in an attempt to understand the second revolt against the Romans. Since the Bar Kokhba Revolt did not have a historian who devoted a comprehensive book to the event, Mor used a variety of historical materials including literary sources (Jewish, Christian, Greek and Latin) and archaeological sources (inscriptions, coins, military diplomas, hideouts, and refuge complexes). The book reviews the causes for the outbreak while explaining the complexity of the territorial expansion of the Revolt. Mor portrays the participants and opponents as well as the attitudes of the non-Jewish population in Palestine. He exposes the Roman Army’s part in Judaea, the Jewish leadership and the implications of the Revolt.

Table of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter I: The Causes for the Outbreak of the Bar Kokhba Revolt
Chapter II: The Territorial Expansion of the Revolt: Participants and Opponents
Chapter III. The Roman Army in Judaea during the Revolt
Chapter IV: Attitude of the Non-Jewish Population in Palestine to the Second Revolt
Chapter V: Leadership of the Revolt
Chapter VI: The Results of the Revolt:
Epilogue
Abbreviations
General Selected Bibliography
Appendix: Bibliography to the Bar Kokhba Revolt
(1990–2015)
Index

URL: 
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004314634
Label: 
27/06/2016
Record number: 
101 802