Rabbi Akiba's Messiah: The Origins of Rabbinic Authority William F. Nolan The age-old question adults ask

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Rabbi Akiba's Messiah: The Origins of Rabbinic Authority William F. Nolan The age-old question adults askIt is not easy to overestimate the significance of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. Because of its long term consequences, it may well be considered the greatest tragedy in Jewish history. It is the most defining. It set the stage for what became an endless procession of Jewish suffering down to, including, and beyond the Holocaust. The disaster was further compounded by the fact that Rabbi Akiba, the father of rabbinic Judaism, proclaimed Bar Kokhba, the