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Bar Kochba, Bar Kokhba, Bar Kosba Simeon. died 135 ad. Jewish leader who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Palestine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some, such as Lindars, stress the future tense of the verbs in 16:2b and argue for events in 132-135 CE as an "alarming possibility" for the background to 16:2b, while referencing attacks on Christians during the Bar Kochba rebellion referred to in Justin's Dialogue (Lindars). Or better, in 135 with the defeat of Bar Kochba at Beitar. Palestinian Christians maintained this separation when they rejected attempts by the Jewish Zealots under Bar Kochba in 131 to project Jesus' role as that of a military Messiah. |
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