by hadassah | Sep 1, 2016 | Roman Period II
It is problematic to use the Talmud for history because there is much anonymous material and even named materials are not necessarily accurate quotes. Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
by hadassah | Jul 3, 2016 | Roman Period II
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 | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Roman Period II
Villa Torlonia catacomb, Rome. Significantly, images of the menorah from the Roman catacombs, which date to the fourth century, often depict the lamps atop the menorah’s branches inclined toward the central stalk. We see this, for example, in wall paintings from the...
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba, Roman Period II
From the 1st century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. Constructed in AD 82, by the Roman Emperor Domitian after the death of his older brother Titus – to commemorate Titus’ victories, including...
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Roman Period II
Spolia – Spoils – The re-use of earlier building material or decorative sculpture on new monuments. The practise was common in late antiquity.
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba, Roman Period II
Triumphal procession of the spoils of the Jerusalem Temple portrayed on the Arch of Titus, Rome. A 1st century AD honorific arch located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. Contructed in 82 AD by the Roman Emperor Domitian shortly after...
