Bar Kokba and Bar Kokba War: Publius Marcellus. Jewish Encyclopedia. [dostęp 2013-04-20]. (ang.). "...and thus about fifty strongholds and 985 undefended towns and villages fell into their hands (Dio Cassius, lxix. 14)."
Galilee. Jewish Encyclopedia. [dostęp 2013-04-20]. (ang.). "After the fall of the Jewish state a new period of prosperity set in for Galilee; and it gradually became the center of Jewish life in Palestine."