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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26722107 Title: The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero Author: Richard Gordon Marks Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1994. ISBN/ISSN: 027100939X 9780271009391 0271009403 9780271009407 OCLC:26722107

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The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero

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The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero

Author:	Richard Gordon Marks
Publisher:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1994.
Series:	Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions (University Park, Pa.)
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Marks, Richard Gordon. Image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1994 (OCoLC)621429998
Named Person:	Bar Kokhba; Bar Kokhba; Bar Kochba
Material Type:	Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Richard Gordon Marks Find more information about:
ISBN:	027100939X 9780271009391 0271009403 9780271009407
OCLC Number:	26722107
Description:	xii, 226 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Introduction: Freedom Fighter, Reckless Thug, Hero-Saint. The Modern Historian's Picture. Three Ideas about the Image of Bar Kokhba in Jewish Thought. The Argument of This Book -- 1. Bar Kokhba in Rabbinic Literature. The Messianic Claimant. The Legends in the Jerusalem Talmud and Midrash Rabbah. The Great Gibbor. Literary Elements in the Story. Implications of the Story. The Two Traditions -- 2. Bar Kokhba in the Writings of Ibn Daud and Maimonides. Ibn Daud's Image of Bar Kokhba. Bar Kokhba in the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides. Changes in the Image of Bar Kokhba -- 3. Abravanel's Image of Bar Kokhba. The Polemical Context. The Problem of Bar Kokhba's Story. Abravanel's Solution: The Yearning for Redemption. The False Messiah. Agent of Divine Vengeance. Changes in Abravanel's Image of Bar Kokhba -- 4. Bar Kokhba in Sixteenth-Century Historical Writings. Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel (1553) / Samuel Usque. The Vale of Tears (1575) / Yosef Ha-Kohen. Book of Genealogies (1504) / Abraham Zacuto. Light to the Eyes (1573) / Azariah de' Rossi. The Chain of Tradition (1587) / Gedaliah ibn Yahya. Sprout of David (1592) / David Gans. Persecutions, Eschatology, and History -- 5. Bar Kokhba in the Later Kabbalah. Sefer Ha-Gilgulim. Nathan's Letters. The Kabbalistic Image of Bar Kokhba -- Appendix: Roman and Christian Writings on the Jewish Rebellion of 116-117 and the War of Bar Kokhba.
Series Title:	Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions (University Park, Pa.)
Responsibility:	Richard G. Marks.

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