Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Hebrew Transliteration xiii
6. Introduction: Freedom Fighter, Reckless Thug, Hero-Saint 1
7. 1 Bar Kokhba in Rabbinic Literature 13
8. 2 Bar Kokhba in the Writings of Ibn Daud and Maimonides 57
9. 3 Abravanel's Image of Bar Kokhba 99
10. 4 Bar Kokhba in Sixteenth- Century Historical Writings 135
11. 5 Bar Kokhba in the Later Kabbalah 185
12. Conclusion 201
13. Appendix: Roman and Christian Writings on the Jewish Rebellion of 116-1 17 and the War of Bar Kokhba 209
14. Bibliography 215
15. Index 223