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Bar Kokhba
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Jews in the Roman Empire: From Judea to Diaspora
The Roman conquest of Judea in 63 BCE began a tumultuous relationship that produced Herod's Temple, the Great Revolt, Masada's siege, Bar Kokhba's rebellion, and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism from the ashes of destruction.
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Rabbi Akiva: From Illiterate Shepherd to Judaism's Greatest Sage
He couldn't read until he was forty. His wife believed in him when no one else did. He became the greatest sage in the Talmud, supported a revolution, and died with God's name on his lips. Rabbi Akiva's story is the story of Judaism itself.
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Ancient Jewish Coins: Shekels, Revolt Coins, and What They Tell Us
From the half-shekel Temple tax to Bar Kokhba's defiant revolt coins, ancient Jewish coinage tells a story of sovereignty, resistance, and identity that extends to the modern Israeli shekel.
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