by hadassah | Nov 27, 2016 | Bible and Beyond, Roman Period I
Shortly after major pieces of an extraordinary bronze statue had been dug up illegally by an American tourist, Gideon Foerster of the Israel Department of Antiquities received an urgent call from a former student describing the find. The tourist, an American named...
by hadassah | Jun 21, 2016 | Roman Period I
Did Solomon’s temple contain a seven-branched lampstand known as a menorah? Most people answer this question with an automatic “of course.” But the Biblical text is not so clear. The Bible describes the building of the Temple itself in great detail (1 Kings 6–7). The...
by hadassah | May 1, 2016 | Roman Period I
If there is no historical David, what happens to the messianic line of Jesus?
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2016 | Roman Period I
The Jewish-Christian schism and the Great Revolt led to a new period of Jewish history.
by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Roman Period I
Highlights- Coin of Herod the Great, 35/34 BCE Ossuary of Simon the Temple Builder, 1st century BCE – 1st century CE Qumran Phylactery, 1st century CE The Place of the Trumpeting, 4 CE Ossuary of the High Priest Caiaphas, 18-36 CE Crucifixion Bone Fragment, 21 CE...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Bible and Beyond, Roman Period I
The Alexandria Library The Alexandria Library, built by the Greek-Egyptian king Ptolemy I around 300 B.C., was the greatest center of scholarship in the ancient world. The library was not only a repository of hundreds of thousands of papyrus scrolls (ancient books),...
