Archive for September, 2016

Anti-Idolism
By September 18, 2016 Read More →

Anti-Idolism

As Rome conquered Judea, the laissez-faire attitude toward art which depicted idolatry began to disappear. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Archaeology and Zionism
By September 18, 2016 Read More →

Archaeology and Zionism

For Zionism, archaeology became a connection to the Land of Israel and proof of the existence of Jewish life in the area in ancient times. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Jewish Archaeology – Discoveries
By September 18, 2016 Read More →

Jewish Archaeology – Discoveries

Every once in a while, you can find one artifact which summarizes a whole lot of information and gives you a new or better vision of what existed before. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Jewish Archaeology – Overview
By September 18, 2016 Read More →

Jewish Archaeology – Overview

Jewish archaeology is a way of studying the Jewish past through objects that were found in the ground and can be read within the context of Jewish history, literature and art. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Lawrence H. Schiffman. “The Significance of the Scrolls,” <i>Bible Review</i> (6:5),1990.
By September 15, 2016 Read More →

Lawrence H. Schiffman. “The Significance of the Scrolls,” Bible Review (6:5),1990.

The second generation of scholars—or is it the third?—offers a new perspective on the texts from the Qumran caves Dead Sea Scroll scholarship is undergoing a virtual revolution. New ideas and perspectives are percolating among the small group of scholars who dedicate themselves to primary research on the content of the scrolls. Recent publications focus […]

The Gigantic Dimensions of the Visionary Temple in the Temple Scroll
By September 14, 2016 Read More →

The Gigantic Dimensions of the Visionary Temple in the Temple Scroll

The Temple Scroll and its contents have already been described at some length for BAR readers by the scroll’s editor, the late Yigael Yadin. Until his untimely death in 1984, Professor Yadin was Israel’s most famous archaeologist.a The Temple Scroll is the longest of all the Dead Sea Scrolls (27 feet), and it may well be […]

Roman Judea – Overview
By September 13, 2016 Read More →

Roman Judea – Overview

Jews lived under Rome starting 63 BCE. This was a very important time in Jewish history. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Roman Judean Times
By September 13, 2016 Read More →

Roman Judean Times

The Roman Judean period was a period of ultimate crisis for the Jews. There’s been no period like this first century after the Temple was destroyed. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Jews in Ancient Rome
By September 12, 2016 Read More →

Jews in Ancient Rome

We don’t know a lot about what the Jews were like in ancient Rome in the second century BCE, when Jews and Romans had a mutual enemy known as the Seleucid Greeks. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS

Seleucus II Kallinikos
By September 12, 2016 Read More →

Seleucus II Kallinikos

  Seleucus II Kallinikos, the king of Syria portrayed on a silver coin 246-226 BCE, with the god Apollo on reverse side.