33. The Kitos Rebellion (Jewish History Lab)

Brief discussion of the lesser-known Kitos Rebellion of 115-117. This lecture is also part of the course entitled Biblical Jewish History: From Abraham to Bar Kochba. Course information and registration here: henryabramson.com/course/bibl...
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[@joshuturier3380]

This is fantastic: so much material I had not heard before. Thankyou!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You're very welcome!

[@yourthought2333]

Ready to learn 😊

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Great!

[@margaretneanover3385]

Are you? Ready to see you..with a ship on a coin .... that seems spread toward America? That temple??? Before..the priest shared at first yet were pushed. There wasn't as much religion. But it's what was seen and studied. That coin...need to know.

[@efstratiosfilis2290]

Your pronunciation of Cyrene is perfect in ancient Greek!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Efaristo!

[@gregcollins7602]

Wow that was incredible. I cannot believe I have not heard of this rebellion. Totally amazing stuff. Thanks again. Happy New Year.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MrChi31]

Asalamu Aleikum, Profesor Abramson. May The Almighty preserve you and increase you in knowledge. Thank you for your excellent work.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are very welcome

[@richardglady3009]

Thank you for covering a topic that is very hard to find information on. I wonder what happened to Jewish Christians located on Cyprus, a site that Saul/Paul visited early in his missionary travels?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Good question.

[@richardglady3009]

I apologize for that question, I was hoping there was a source that you might have access to that would provide an answer. I have read/heard that the Romans killed every Jew on Cyprus in revenge for the Jews killing every Greek on the island as part of their revolt; but like you said in the video, those reports can’t be totally trusted. Thank you for all your work in producing these great videos.

[@DeborahCaldwell77]

Thanks again

[@avtaras]

Waiting for this!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Enjoy in good health!

[@chrisgunson248]

What a great channel.

[@lookie236]

Thank you and greetings from Iran

[@MrGreen4go]

Fascinating as always

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thanks!

[@danieljliverslxxxix1164]

Shalom Dr. Abramson. While doing more research on Lukuas I came across a website that mentioned the likelihood of him being the source for Koshab bar Ulla, someone who participated in the Kitos revolt but then fled to Judea/Lydda where he was captured and executed by the Romans. Do you have any particular insight you can share?

[@yakovmatityahu]

Another landmark video from you dr Henry...Koros rebellion of 110 ad...

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you found it useful!

[@matthewsainsbury1801]

good lecture henry i see your doing bar kocba revolt next that one was really intense it ended with the land judea being changed to palastine the ancient latin word for philistia or the philistines

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JimmyAkin]

Nice pronunciation of this period's Greek for Curene!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Epharisto!

[@JimmyAkin]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Modern Greek pronunciation! You're multi-talented!

[@danieljliverslxxxix1164]

Shalom Dr. Abramson. The individual person of Lukuas has fascinated me for a long time and I’m curious if there are any scant allusions to him in the Talmud, and if not do know a reason why that might be? Medieval Syrian historians, Michael the Syria and Bar Hebraeus write that Lukuas (named by them Lysias and Lumpis respectively) fled to Judea after he was defeated by Roman forces in Egypt. Would you know what sources they might have had for this? Thank you. Shalom!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Not terribly familiar with this person, sorry.

[@danieljliverslxxxix1164]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Yeah he's really obscure. Even rabbinical writers seem to disregard him. My theory is that the name "Andreas" was Cassius Dio misunderstanding Lukuas's messianic ambition. Lukuas probably referred to himself as "Man of/from God." Lukuas may not be his real name either and I think he was connected to the Parthian Empire in some way. There's also the messianic claimant Artemion on Cyprus.

[@BPTacticalSovereignty]

Trajan's plague sounded very familiar.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Hmm.

[@wisdom.research1051]

I've yet to hear from this excellent lecturer, that at time first century C.E. one fifth of the population around Medditeranean Sea were Jewish colonists, exiles, slaves, or converts. And they believed evil of these empires root cause in paganism and hedonism, and Judaism's ethical monotheism emphasis caused them to see themselves as a morally superior, cultural alternative to Roman decadence. Inspired young Jews throughout the region would travel to Judea to repell a cruel conqueror. As Ukraine war shows.

[@TheInkhosi]

זה היה טוב תודה.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

בבקשה!

[@mikeklein9923]

Never knew

[@doooovid]

Actually my first debate with Eric Striker, he brought up the Kitos rebellion and claimed the Jews started the war and Rome had no choice.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

That seems to be the way the Roman historians describe the beginning of the rebellion, but we certainly need more data.

[@doooovid]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD unlikely to defeat a counter-semite with Jewish sources. But could be, Jews started the rebellion in North Africa. Very hard to get an accurate picture of Jewish population distributions at the time.

[@danieljliverslxxxix1164]

Who knows for sure but the Kitos revolt seems to have been kindled from the smoldering embers from the Parthian War just a few year previously.

[@Mr05Chuck]

Was out for a walk listening to a Christian channel and heard about this for the first time. They said it was the second war but only one battle was fought in Israel.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Kitos War (rebellion?) was primarily marked outside of Israel.

[@Mr05Chuck]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD thank you I am always amazed that the more I learn the less I know. Lol

[@Qraze69]

Perhaps, but i tend to lean a bloodlust frenzy is inside all men, just hand him a sword and divine providence to blind him to his neighbors.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Unfortunate

[@melodyh9720]

My ears can't believe what was wrote by Cassius Dios. Very hard to take indeed.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Yup

[@bill9989]

​@@HenryAbramsonPhDNot true? Not conceivable? Why?

[@lsdlrf]

Me too!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

!

[@clermontdemosthene647]

Jesus is Andreas/ Lukuas from the kitos war 115- 117ce aka the Roman Jewish wars. Jesus 10 lieutenants/ disciples were killed in lydda ( called the slain of lydda and the 10 martyrs in the talmud, 2 of which was beheaded) , while Jesus ran to judea with his top 2 lieutenants/ disciples.where he got crucified with them on either side of him. Baruch Hashem, Rabbi. Now please tell me Im right?

[@mediocrates3416]

You mean Jesus Barabbas; Christ is the meditative experience: i had one that lasted a week, seven days. It can happen. Who knew? Forget all that Sethian stuff, Gnosis is just a mode of knowing. I've been calling this one the Gnostic revolt... maybe it was the anti-gnostic revolt...?

[@clermontdemosthene647]

Be honest about why jews were banned from cyprus?.

[@terrytzaneros8007]

Crete was a preferred refuge for the fleeing Jews. Cretan lore was quite strong among the Judean polity at the time,

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting

[@terrytzaneros8007]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD : yes. Crete was a 'popular' haven generally for outlaws seeking refuge from the long arm of Rome.

[@mediocrates3416]

The Anti-gnostic revolt...?

[@stubronstein9932]

Was this the guy who thought up the low carb diet?

[@efstratiosfilis2290]

Polemos is the Greek word for war.

[@treyburton1469]

A Jew having a problem with porn? That’s a first lol

[@michaelferto6588]

...Seems like a new diet against carbs, called Keto for getting into Ketosis, as they describe their goal, may have something to do with antisemitism indirectly... The top of the U.S. Congress building, has the Roman goddess of freedom, on top of it...One wonders of the implications...Especially in recent current events, with CV19 and the upheavals, as we approach two thousand years, of going without a temple in Jerusalem....

[@gostandinostheodossiou6727]

Cyprus is all jewish not greek cypriot all our dna. Jews one kitos war there and had 99 percent left as jews.My dna shows bronx places in Italy matching dna from synagogues.