biography
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bar Kokhba, Simon
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also spelled bar Kochba
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pronunciation:
[kokhba]
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| Jewish leader in Palestine. With the rabbi Akiba ben Joseph, he led a rebellion of Jews in Judaea from 132 in response to the founding of a Roman colony (Aelia Capitolina) in Jerusalem. It was suppressed by Hadrian with ruthless severity, and he was killed at the Battle of Bethar. In 1960 some of his letters were found in caves near the Dead Sea. |
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