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 understand 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

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

The rest of the Jews were either sold as slaves, hid in caves, or fled

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

the city. He pretended to whisper into Rabbi Elazar's ear. When Bar

the magnificent asenv ,hc once stood. Also the building of a wall

s.v. Bar Cocheba or Bar Kokba page.386

wanted to start the reconstruction. However later the Jews were

neighboring Jews in Diaspora because they held onto, and believed that

their counterattack against Bar Kochba. The Roman army, much like Bar

page. 53 5. Encyclopedia International (Canada: Grolier Inc., 1972)

ught that if it was rebuilt it would be the rebirth

of his day, also once believed in Tarsus' promise. He had also been

star. There was also a sentence in the Torah which stated, "A star has

country. A Country that control them. He realized that the Jews would

It was said that Betar was impenetrable. Every day of the Roman

York City: Sheng Old Publishers Inc, 1967) s.v. Bar Kokhba, Simeon

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