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Simon ben Kosiba, surnamed Simon bar Kochba ("son of the star") was a Jewish Messiah. Between 132 and 135, he was the leader of the last resistance against the Romans. After the end of the disastrous rebellion, the rabbis called…The Samaritan Prophet
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.The Samaritan prophet (36 CE) Source: Flavius Josephus,…The Temple Inscription
Temple Inscription: brief inscription from the Temple of Jerusalem, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum.King Herod the Great rebuilt the Jerusalem temple. It consisted of the sacred building itself, situated on a court ("Court of the Women") that was surrounded…Theudas
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Theudas (about 45 CE) Sources: Flavius Josephus, Jewish…Tiberias
Tiberias: capital of Galilee, founded by Herod Antipas.Tiberias On the western shore of Lake Galilee capital of Galilee, founded between 17 and 20 CE by Herod Antipas, who wanted a second residence (besides Sepphoris) unfortunately, situated on top of a cemetery; few people…Vespasian
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Vespasian (67 CE) …Yehuda ha-Nasi
Yehuda ha-Nasi (c. 200 CE): rabbi, collector of rabbinical traditions, author of the Mishnah. Sepphoris, House of the Dionysus Mosaic, Detail.…Yohanan ben Zakkai
Yohanan ben Zakkai (second half first century CE): rabbi, one of the founders of rabbinical Judaism. Modern reconstruction of an ancient…Zealots
Zealots: name of a group of Jewish, anti-Roman fighters in Jerusalem, during the war of 66-70. Rebel coinage from Jerusalem The Jewish…