The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero / Richard...
The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero / Richard...
The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero / Richard G. Marks.
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University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1994.
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N956.9402092/B256.2/1
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English
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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. Th...
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University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1994.
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Pennsylvania
Date Published
c1994.
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The image of Bar Kokhba in traditional Jewish literature : false messiah and national hero / Richard G. Marks.
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Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-221) and index.
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c1994.
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N956.9402092/B256.2/1
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027100939X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271009407 (pbk.)
0271009403 (pbk.)
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956.9402092
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991021717799702626
