The Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva (alternatively Akiba) indulged the possibility that Simon Bar Kosiba (Bar Kokhba) could be the Jewish messiah, and gave him the surname &quot;Bar Kokhba&quot; meaning &quot;Son of a Star&quot; in the Aramaic language, from the Star Prophecy verse from Numbers 24:17: &quot;There shall come a star out of Jacob&quot;.Simon Bar Kokhba took the title Nasi Israel and ruled over a ministate that was virtually independent for two and a half years. The era of the redemption of Israel was announced…