Statement

In two letters, Bar Kochba struggles to keep his men in line: he accuses those of En-Gedi of living comfortably off the property of the 'House of Israel' without caring for their brothers, and threatens to put others' feet in chains. Some read in them a war going downhill, but being undated they cannot be put in order. The 'Galileans' mentioned in one of them are puzzling: perhaps Christians, but no one knows for sure.

References

1. p. 102

   reports disagreement · boxed feature · ch. 4

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Letters From a Rebel

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2. p. 102

   reports disagreement · boxed feature · ch. 4

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Letters From a Rebel

   Verification anchor recorded · checked against the page text