last movements; the murderers were consequently apprehended. In Hungary, this legend spawned the "Bar Kokhba game", in which one of two players comes up with a word or object, while the other must figure it out by asking questions only to be answered with "yes" or "no". The questioner usually asks first if it is a living being, if not, if it is an object, if not, it is surely an abstraction. The verb kibarkochbázni ("to Bar Kochba out") became a common language verb meaning "retrieving information in an extremely tedious way". See also Bar Kokhba Revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Jewish Messiah claimants Lukuas Notes References Bibliography Eck, W. 'The Bar Kokhba Revolt: the Roman point of view' in the Journal of Roman Studies 89 (1999) 76ff. Goodblatt, David; Pinnick, Avital; Schwartz Daniel: Historical Perspectives: From the Hasmoneans to the Bar Kohkba Revolt In Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Boston: Brill: 2001: Marks, Richard: The Image of Bar Kokhba in Traditional Jewish Literature: False Messiah and National Hero: University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press: 1994: Reznick, Leibel: The Mystery of Bar Kokhba: Northvale: J.Aronson: 1996: Schafer, Peter: The Bar Kokhba War Reconsidered: Tübingen: Mohr: 2003: Ussishkin, David: "Archaeological Soundings at Betar, Bar-Kochba's Last Stronghold", in: Tel Aviv. Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University 20 (1993) 66ff. Yadin, Yigael: Bar Kokhba: The Rediscovery of the Legendary Hero of the Last Jewish Revolt Against Imperial Rome: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1971: Further reading External links Video Lecture on Bar Kochba by Henry Abramson Cave of Letters on Nova The Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132–135 C.E.) by Shira Schoenberg Bar Kochba with links to all sources (livius.org) Genealogy of the House of David- Simon bar Koziba Year of birth missing 135 deaths Bar Kokhba revolt Jewish messiah claimants Jewish military personnel Jewish royalty Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire 2nd-century monarchs in the Middle East 2nd-century Jews