Statement

After the Bar Kochba Revolt, many Jews probably saw themselves as continuing their ancestral traditions. There was no longer a Temple, but it remained important, at least as a memory and a symbol of what had been lost and might yet be regained.

References

1. p. 121

   supports · main text · ch. 5

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

   Section: Jewish Life in a Christianized Roman Context

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