Jewish Bar Kochba Revolt

Jewish Bar Kochba Revolt

The Jewish revolt led by Bar Kochba in 132 AD was not the work

of a single if a single radical revolutionary. It was the inevitable

result of years of promises not kept to the Jews, and laws which

suppressed the basis of Jews as a nation. To underezd the reason

for Bar Kochba’s Revolt one must go back many years even before the

war. Prior to Hadrian, an emperor by the name of Trajan was the ruler

of the Roman empire. Due to the rebellion of the Jews in the Diaspora

to the east and the west of them, Trajan, in order to keep the Jews in

Palestine from rebelling he had to send a great general to be governor

of the Jews in Palestine, a general who was well with the harshness in

which he treated people. This general’s name was Tineius Rufus, he was

the general that put down the uprising of the Jews in Parthia. Because

of Rufus’ reputation of his severity to the Jews, he uprooted any

thought of the Jews in Palestine to rebel against Rome at that time.

The Jews did not want to rebel anyway. Trajan had promised the Jews

that he would rebuild the asenv ,hc, the Jews assumed this also meant

to rebuild Jerusalem.

The Pagans in Palestine did not want the asenv ,hc to be

rebuilt, they thought that if it was rebuilt it would be the rebirth

of the Jewish nation. Also, in addition, Trajan, the Emperor who made

this promise died and was succeeded by Hadrian. The Jews w...

Jewish Bar Kochba Revolt

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