Problems with Coins of the Jewish Revolts
by Damien F. Mackey The City of Jerusalem by Colonel C. R. Conder (1909), stating that “the forgery of Jewish coins is still common in Palestine”, Conder wrote that “the theory according to which [Bar Kochba] struck coins in Jerusalem demands notice, in connection with the history of the city, but it appears to be one of those learned fallacies which are very long in dying”. ” Introduction Claude Reignier Conder is remembered fondly by the author as one who had, against the academic trend, recognised the story of the Jewish heroine, Judith, as being based on fact, and who had plausibly identified her home town of Bethulia. I wrote of this as follows in my article: Location of Judith’s Town of “Bethulia”. Part One: C. Conder’s Choice https://www.academia.edu/27321406/Location_of_Judith_s_Town_of_Bethulia_._Part_One_C._Conder_s_Choice Bethulia itself, which Simons identifies with sheih shibil, I shall identify, foll...