by hadassah | Jul 12, 2016 | Byzantine Period
What is the Talmud? The Talmud is a compact, elliptical, but many-volumed collection of Jewish law and teachings. The achievement of Jews both in ancient Palestine and in Babylonia, the Talmud has come down to us in two basic editions. The Palestinian version,...
by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Byzantine Period
Codex Theodosianus- Laws Concerning the Jews C. Th. XV.xii.1- Bloody spectacles are not suitable for civil ease and domestic quiet. Wherefore since we have proscribed gladiators, those who have been accustomed to be sentenced to such work as punishment for...
by hadassah | Nov 17, 2015 | Byzantine Period, First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Ein Gedi Synagogue Mosaic The ancient synagogue at Ein Gedi, which is at the foot of the hill and was at the center of the settlement, was excavated and cleared for tourist visitation. North of the synagogue – there are archaeological finds of the village’s...
by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Byzantine Period
Byzantine Period, 312-632 CE Highlights- Nag Hammadi Library, 3rd-4th century CE Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 325 CE Codex Vaticanus, 350 CE Codex Sinaiticus, 350 CE Ein Gedi Synagogue- “Peace upon Israel,” 450 CE Rehov Synagogue Mosaic Floor, 6th-7th century...
by hadassah | Dec 31, 2008 | Byzantine Period
Gold Coin Hoard, 610-613 CE Gold Coin Hoard Gold Coin Hoard in situ A hoard of more than 250 gold coins was exposed on Dec. 21, 2008, in the excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting in the Givati car park in the City of David, in the Walls...
by hadassah | Dec 25, 2008 | Byzantine Period
Hammat Tiberias Synagogue Mosaic, 4th century CE Hammat Tiberias Synagogue Mosaic With the excavation of the 4th century Galilean synagogue at Hammath Tiberias by the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society in 1920-1, and the exposure of a mosaic floor depicting a...
