The Bar Kokhba War and the Creation of Palestine

Inspired by the commemoration, in this year MMXXIV, of Jesus’ Last Supper, Crucifixion and Resurrection from the dead, I want to examine, prior to the founding of the Israeli state, the last period in history, 1,889 years ago, when Jews controlled what is today Palestine. After which, in the historical chasm, the Roman empire, and then Arab, Muslim and …