by hadassah | Jan 3, 2016 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Cave of Letters The entrances to the Cave of Letters (the two openings slightly right of center in the photo) lie 300 feet below the desert plateau and 650 above the valley floor. Forty years ago, Yigael Yadin explored the cave and found a trove of items that...
by hadassah | Jan 3, 2016 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Bar Kokhba Weights Lead weight inscribed with the name “Simeon son of Kosiba…Nasi (prince) of Israel.” discovered near Beth Guvrin, Judean Shephelah. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Dec 27, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Jerome Murphy-O’Connor. “Where Was the Capitol in Roman Jerusalem?” Bible Review 13, 6 (1997). When Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, the site of what would one day be the Holy Sepulchre Church was an abandoned stone quarry. A catacomb cut into the western side...
by hadassah | Dec 27, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Hanan Eshel. “Aelia Capitolina- Jerusalem No More.” Biblical Archaeology Review 23, 6 (1997). Unlike the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66–70 C.E.), which was chronicled in detail by the first-century historian Josephus, the Second Jewish Revolt, the...
by hadassah | Dec 27, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Anthony J. Saldarini. “Babatha’s Story.” Biblical Archaeology Review 24, 2 (1998). Personal archive offers a glimpse of ancient Jewish life The column of Roman soldiers marched slowly south along the western shore of the Dead Sea toward En-Gedi, one of the...
by hadassah | Dec 27, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Ehud Netzer. “Jewish Rebels Dig Strategic Tunnel System.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14, 4 (1988). At Herodium, the isolated mountain palace-fortress complex originally created by Herod the Great in the midst of the Judean desert,1 an underground tunnel system...
