Author: Bernhard Pick

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Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781332540594

Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the Jews, Since the Destruction of Jerusalem Judaea was a waste, Jerusalem was a heap of ruins. The temple had been consumed by flames, and the third exile - the European - began. Directly after the triumph of Titus, the great Council of the Israelitish Rabbins was established at Tiberias, in Galilee. The school of Scribes, instituted in that city, soon took the place of that temple, whose restoration has never ceased to be the object of their hopes and prayers. The celebrated revolt of Bar-Cochba and Akiba sprung, in great measure, from thence. Tiberias had become a kind of Jerusalem, where the so-called Oral Law was framed. The first idea of such an undertaking is thought by many to have originated with Rabbi Akiba, who was flayed alive in the Bar-Cochba revolt, in 135. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."