2021, ISBN: 9789042916050

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Pocket intact FPD, Private Library Plate FLEP else content appears as unread and unblemished with light brown/gold gilt, cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear. Yigael Yadin will remain Israel's most famed archeologist of all time. Yadin, along with 3 other scholars, were each given a section of land (much like that of the Qumran community) to dig for evidence regarding the people that inhabited the caves thousands of years earlier.This book starts off with the historical documentation of Bar-Kokhba by writers such as Eusebius and Dio Cassius, along with commentary from the Talmud and Midrash Rabbah. Yadin goes out of his way to provide this documentation in the back of the book (with citations) and to me, was the most valuable information of the entire book, outside of the archeological dig itself.This book is very well constructed, but could have been better written at times. While he offers first hand accounts of his archeological dig, at times the book appears to be more of a diary entry than a novel. (Yadin also provides translations of Bar-Kokhba's letters as well as photographs of them.)Among other finds at the site, the most intriguing is saved for the last chapter of the book and interestingly, has nothing to do with Bar-Kokhba, but of a Jewish woman named Barbata. She was a widower who saved all of her legal documents in a leather bound purse that was found in the same cave as Bar-Kokhba's letters.This is a good addition to any library, however, wish the book contained more historical documentation of the Second Roman-Jewish war and Bar-Kokhba himself, even though the letters provide an abundance of information in and of themselves. Shipping/Handling/Insurance/Tracking Included within the continental U.S. (Free Shipping). Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise. Written 2.14.2021SK Heavy Book #4681-30221 Img. 5841, Random House, 1971, 4, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2005. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. xi, [3]. 302 p. Bibliography. Multiple Indexes Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion, No. 6. Between the two wars fought in Judaea against the Roman government-the Great War and that of Bar Kochba-the uprisings of Diaspora Jews towards the end of Trajan's reign constitute a unique event in the history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth. It marks the first and only episode of Jewish violence on a grand scale to take place outside Judaea, and at the same time the only instance of simultaneous outbursts in different geographical places-Libya, Egypt, Cyprus and Mesopotamia, and apparently Judaea as well. What happened exactly? Where did the Jews get their arms from and for how long did they succeed in resisting the impact of the Roman legions? Generations of scholars accepted the statement of Eusebius that the uprising started in 115 CE, but recently it has been put forward that the revolts broke out, instead, only in 116. Moreover, what was the order in which the upheavals took place: the traditional one-Libya, Egypt, Cyprus and Mesopotamia-as most scholars believe following the testimony of Eusebius, or, is the correct order the opposite? If, in fact, the Jews of Mesopotamia were the first to take up arms, the events that took place in the East would have been determinant in fomenting the uprisings in the Western Mediterranean region. An assessment of the new theories is a must and involves a reconsideration both of literary accounts, their sources and of other kinds of information available, including the ostraca found in Egypt and a number of payri either recently discovered or only now ascribed to the events of these upheavals. The first part of this work presents, for the first time, a full collection of the epigraphical, papyrological and historical sources of pagan, Christian and Jewish origin dealing with these events in their original language and in English translation. In the second part, a fresh reading, both of sources and scholarly views, leads the author to new interpretations of events in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Judaea and to a new chronology, which enables her to reach surprising conclusions concerning a possible inter-relationship between the upheavals in the different countries., Uitgeverij Peeters, 2005, 3<