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Lucuas

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Toward the end of the reign of the emperor Trajan, in 116, the Jews of CYRENE rebelled, their leader being Lucuas according to Eusebius ("Hist. Eccl." 4:2), Andreias according to Dio Cassius (68:32). These two statements can not be harmonized, as some historians have attempted to do, by supposing that either of the two names was a symbolic one (Lucuas = "the bright or shining one,"Andreias = "the brave"); for the authors would not have passed over such an explanation in silence. Moreover, Eusebius and Dio Cassius refer to different phases of the rebellion. According to a later source, Abu al-Faraj, Lucuas sought refuge in Palestine, where he was defeated by Marcius Turbo. According to Eusebius he was proclaimed king; and the Papyrus Parisiensis No. 68 (published by Wilcken in "Hermes," 27:464 et seq.) refers perhaps to him.

Bibliography:
  • Münter, Der Jüdische Krieg, p. 18;
  • Krauss, in R. E. J. 30:206;
  • Grätz, Gesch. 3d ed., 4:115;
  • Schürer, Gesch. 3d ed., 1:665.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Lucuas'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​l/lucuas.html. 1901.
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