History

Making a case for a technological interpretation of the parting of the sea in Exodus.

Information on the second Jewish revolt, also known as the Bar Kochba Revolt after the epithet of the Jewish leader opposing Hadrian.

Article by Shira Schoenberg on the 132-135 C.E. uprising. From the Jewish Virtual Library.

Timetable of discovery and debate, with several links.

Online encyclopedia article.

Islamic view on the "crypto-Jewish" Donmeh community in Turkey which formally converted to Islam with Sabbatai Zvi in the seventeenth century.

Extensive article on the messianic figure with reference to Karen Armstrong's book "A History of God" and Gershom G. Scholem's text "Sabbati Sevi".

Extensive article on the great rabbi's life, family, students, and impact on Judaism.