The leadership of the Second Jewish Revolt

[DBS]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00310328.2024.2435788?needAccess=true

The author suggests that Bar Kochba wasn't the Messiah, just a very naughty boy who hijacked the revolt...

...and that for Jewish armourers to have produced the large number of "sub-standard" weapons that Dio claims were rejected by the Romans and then tucked away ahead of of the revolt, would require Jews amongst the administration or Roman army turning a blind eye to the consumption of iron and the disappearance of the weapons.

[stevenneate]

And was the real leader Brian Cohen?

[Imperial Dave]