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Nehemiah ben Hushiel
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Leader of the Jewish revolt against the Byzantine emperor Heraclius Nehemiah ben Hushiel was a leader of the Jewish revolt against Heraclius and the last Jewish leader to control Jerusalem until the modern state of Israel . Nehemiah ben Hushiel appears in the 7th century Jewish book Sefer Zerubbabel where he represents the Messiah ben Joseph . A History of the Jewish People .
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enigmatic figure
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leader of the jewish revolt against heraclius and the last jewish leader to control jerusalem until the modern
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