Moses of Crete: The ‘Messiah’ Who Promised to Part the Sea and Led Hundreds to Death

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Greek Reporter

After the Bar Kokhba revolt, a failed uprising against the Roman Empire that would later help set the stage for figures like the Moses of Crete, most messianic movements within Judaism largely disappeared. However, religious hope endured. Across the Jewish diaspora, many continued to await their Messiah. Even within the Talmud, the central text of []