Statement

Perhaps the decisive turn was not 70 alone, but 70 together with Bar Kochba. It was probably the second war, by turning Jerusalem into a pagan city, that closed the door on a rebuilding like the one that had followed the loss of the First Temple. With so few sources, the authors admit they are 'more or less guessing'.

References

1. p. 109

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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