[Avodah] Rabbi Akiva erred in identifying Bar Kochba as Moshiach

[Ben Waxman]

When these sources say that Rav Akiva and khachamim erred, do they mean that should have known better, they made a decision which turned out to be wrong but there was no way that they could have known, something else entirely?

Ben
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Doron Beckerman 

  Who says that he erred?

  Some of the prominent people:
  1) Meiri, Beis Habechira, intro to Avos s.v. Velu Hem Hanikraim
  2) Abarbanel, Yeshuos Meshicho 2:4
  3) etc
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