The carpet mosaic above is decorated with an inhabited scroll motif, with a menorah at its center. These mosaics are found in the remains of a Synagogue in Beit She’an. Beit She’an is a city in the North District of Israel which has played historically an important role due to its geographical location, at the […]
Beit She’an is a city in the North District of Israel which has played historically an important role due to its geographical location, at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley. Above is a mosaic from the proposed study house at Beit Shean. The Aramaic inscription above reads: דכירין לטב כל […]
Merot, an ancient synagogue in Israel is next to Me’arat Merot and is located in Northern District, Israel.
Merot, an antique synagogue, in Israel is next to Me‘arat Merot in Northern Israel.
Khirbet Wadi Hamam, a Roman-period village, is located in the eastern Lower Galilee above the Wadi Arbel (Hamam) gorge, two kilometers west of the Sea of Galilee. The site is situated in a scenic location – beneath the massive cliffs of Mt. Nitai and opposite the cliffs of Mt. Arbel. One of the largest villages […]
Picture of Aaron from the Dura Europus Synagogue. A variety of inscriptions were present in the Synagogues and they provide information about the worshippers and the Jews in Dura. The inscriptions are written in three different languages: Aramaic, Greek and Middle Persian, in keeping with the multilingual population living in and around Dura Europos. The inscriptions […]
“Moses when he went up from Egypt and split the sea,” Dura Europos synagogue (photograph by Fred Anderegg, after E. R. Goodenough, Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period) Significantly, “Moses when he went up from Egypt and split the sea” parallels Jewish Aramaic biblical paraphrases, targumim from both Babylonia and Palestine of roughly the same […]
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 the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The Arch of Titus […]
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 the death of his elder brother Titus to […]
Beth Alpha is a late fifth-century synagogue located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Gilboa mountains near Beit She’an, Israel.