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...
by hadassah | Dec 27, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Amos Kloner. “Name of Ancient Israel’s Last President Discovered on Lead Weight.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14, 4 (1988). An extraordinary artifact has recently been discovered in the Judean foothills south of Jerusalem, dating from the time of the Second...
by hadassah | Dec 27, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba
Kenneth G. Holum. “Iter Principis- Hadrian’s Imperial Tour.” Biblical Archaeology Review 23, 6 (1997). The early Greek rulers did it. And the Roman emperors followed suit: making a royal tour of the provinces, showing the flag, as it were, accepting the plaudits of...
