Bezalel Bar-Kochva | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1941 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Professor Emeritus |
| Awards | Humboldt Research Award Programme (2013) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, University of Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Jewish History, Classics |
| Institutions | Tel Aviv University |
| Notable works | "The Organization and Social Structure of the Seleucid Army" |
Bezalel Bar-Kochva (born January 1, 1941) is a professor emeritus in the Department of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University. He is a historian of the Hellenistic period, the three centuries after the conquests of Alexander the Great, and the Second Temple period of Judaism. Bar-Kochva's research focuses on Judea, the Land of Israel, diaspora Jews, and the Seleucid Empire in that era. Notably, he has written extensively on the military history of the Maccabean Revolt as well as Greek views on Judaism and Jewish adaptation to Greek culture during the Hellenistic era. He is the recipient of the 2013 Humboldt Research Award Programme. [1]