- Bar-Kokheva
- leader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the 2nd century
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Bar-Kokheva
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DAMASCUS — DAMASCUS, capital of Syria; in olden times a caravan center at an oasis in Southern Syria, on the principal crossroads between Mesopotamia Syria and Palestine Transjordan. In the Bible The name appears as דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammesek (but once as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
