Shimon bar Giora
Shimon bar Giora (also Simeon bar Giora, aram. שמעון בר גיורא; died 71 ), according to Flavius Josephus, was one of the leaders of the Zealots who defended Jerusalem against the Romans in 70 AD . He was arrested by Titus , later Roman emperor and son of Vespasian , and executed a year later (71) in Rome under Emperor Vespasian. Josephus describes him as a robber, bandit and murderer marauding in Judea before he took over the defense of the wall around Jerusalem. After the conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple, he hid in a cave under the Temple Mount, where he is said to have tried to dig a tunnel through the siege ring. The company failed because the rock was too hard. Bar Giora had to surrender to the Roman legionaries after he and his companions ran out of food and water. He was transported with 700 other prisoners via Egypt by ship to Rome and presented there in a triumphal procession to the Roman population.
Joseph Atwill claims in his book The Messiah Riddle that Shimon bar Giora and Simon Peter could be one and the same person.
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- ↑ Flavius Josephus: Der Jüdische Krieg , 7th book (English translation by William Whiston ).
- ↑ Joseph Atwill: The Messiah Riddle. Allegria, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-7934-2091-0 .
literature
- D. Otto Michel : Simon bar Giora. In: Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies , Volume 1 (1965), pp. 77-80.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shimon bar Giora |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simeon bar Giora |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Leader of the Zealots |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 71 |
| Place of death | Rome |