Sacred Realm The Emergence of the Synago. Pontius Pilate · The BAS Library. The Abisha Scroll—3,000 Years Old? Is the Biblical Account of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan Historically Reliable? There are essentially two views of the Israelite occupation of Canaan. The first conforms in its main outlines to the Biblical view; that is, the Israelite occupation was initiated by several lightning military attacks on major Canaanite cities and was followed after some time by Israelite occupation of adjacent areas thus subdued.
(The Bible also recognizes that certain Canaanite enclaves like Jerusalem held out much longer, even to David’s time.) The other view is that the occupation was initiated by peaceful Israelite infiltration of largely unoccupied hill country. Then increasing Israelite pressure led to the collapse of the main Canaanite cities. The first view is associated especially with the great American archaeologist, William Foxwell Albright, who pioneered in the use of archaeological materials to elucidate the Bible. Since I disagree with the Alt school, I shall let Professor Weippert summarize its views. I. Finkelstein Jerusalem in the Iron Age. Jerusalem archaeology. Synagogues: Before and After the Roman Destruction of the Temple · The BAS Library. Jewish Word Ghetto Moment Magazine.
Ancient Synagogues in Israel and the Diaspora. What is the meaning of “synagogue” in the Bible? Megan Sauter April 20, 2019 8 Comments 555 views Share A synagogue is a place dedicated to Jewish worship and instruction. These buildings became the primary place of Jewish worship after the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E. But were there ancient synagogues in Israel—and in the diaspora—while the Temple still stood in Jerusalem? The Golan synagogue dates to the Second Temple Period—before the Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. Like other ancient synagogues in Israel, it has benches lining its walls and a mikveh not far from its entrance. Photo: Hanay’s image is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. In “Synagogues—Before and After the Roman Destruction of the Temple” from the May/June 2015 issue of BAR, Professor Rachel Hachlili of the University of Haifa examines ancient synagogues in Israel and throughout the ancient Near East.
Should the earlier structures without the Torah Shrine still be called synagogues? Not a BAS Library member yet? What Were Pogroms? The word pogrom comes from a Russian word meaning “to destroy, to wreak havoc, to demolish violently.” The term was first used to refer to outbreaks of anti-Jewish violence by non-Jewish street mobs in the Russian Empire from 1881–1884.
Pogroms continued to occur in the early 20th century and during and immediately after World War II in Eastern Europe, Germany and beyond. Historian John Klier notes that “By the twentieth century, the word ‘pogrom’ had become a generic term in English for all forms of collective violence directed against Jews,” including incidents that predated the term, and later was also applied to similar violence against other ethnic minorities. Though the precise characteristics of a pogrom vary widely depending on the specific incidents, a pogrom is generally considered to be a violent attack against a group based on their ethnic identity, and is mostly used to refer to attacks against Jews in 19th and 20th-century Europe. Where did pogroms originate? ANE TODAY - 201610 - Multi-Dimensional Yahwism: The Case of the Persian Period Judaean Community in Elephantine - The documents are written in Aramaic, an important lingua franca of the Achaemenid Empire.
The major discoveries were made in the last part of the nineteenth and the first part of the twentieth century. The corpus is made up of private and communal letters, legal documents, lists, literary texts, and various inscriptions on potsherds (ostraca). What was their history and religious practice? There are many competing theories about the background and origin of the Judaean community in Elephantine. What seems clear is that both individuals and the community as a whole had a distinct Judaean identity, especially vis-à-vis the Egyptian environs but also (perhaps to a lesser degree) vis-à-vis other non-indigenous groups such as Aramaeans.
For example, in the last decades of the fifth century BCE the community explicitly presented itself as Judaean when writing to the governors of Judah and Samaria. What do the Judaeans in Elephantine inform us about the history Judaean religion? Zion on Niagara Tablet Magazine. (PDF) A Low Chronology Update: Archaeology, History and Bible | Israel Finkelstein.
High-tech study of ancient stone suggests new proof of King David's dynasty. Since the early 1990s, scholars have pointed to a barely readable bit of text on a nearly 3,000-year-old stone as possibly the first extra-biblical historical proof of the Davidic Monarchy. The reading, based upon decades of educated guesses, is notable for what can’t be fully discerned in the Moabite script almost as much as what can. A pair of dueling papers, one of which was released on Thursday, again puts the tiny bit of inscription, as well as primitive copies of it, under a microscope, offering divergent views on what the 9th-century Mesha Stele arguably offers. In a paper published in the Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Thursday, a trio of scholars dismisses a decades-old hypothesis that line 31 of the stele refers to Beit David, the biblical House of David.
However, using a combination of high-tech imaging methods, another researcher shores up the Davidic reading in an upcoming article in the Collège de France’s Semitica journal. Betting on Beit. Synagogues: Before and After the Roman Destruction of the Temple · The BAS Library. (PDF) 2018 The “Lost Tribes of Israel” in the Context of the Resettlement Programme of the Assyrian Empire. In: S. Hasegawa, C. Levin & K. Radner (ed.), The Last Days of the Kingdom of Israel (Berlin 2018) 101-123. | Karen Radner. Passover and Blood Libels. When Passover night arrives, the cups of wine are filled and the prayers and songs of the holiday are joyfully chanted. In today’s times, Passover has often become synonymous with vacation, as newspapers are filled with advertisements for Passover getaways to places ranging from the Canadian Rockies to Miami Beach to the French Riviera.
But that’s not how Passover was celebrated for the Jews of medieval Europe. For them, wine — traditionally a symbol of gladness and holiday celebration — also signaled a time for contemplation on Passover. When Passover arrived, Jews celebrated with extreme caution and fear, unsure of the violence that could be unleashed against them. Passover usually coincides with the Easter season, a time when Christians commemorate the Crucifixion. On Passover, bizarre blood libel accusations were often leveled against the Jews. By the 14th century, ritual murder charges became common at Passover time. The First Accusation In 1171, the blood libel reached France. Synagogues: Before and After the Roman Destruction of the Temple · The BAS Library.
Women of the Ancient Near East: Julia Berenice. Women of the Ancient Near East: Julia Berenice Meet the Herodian royal who “bewitched” a Roman emperor Carly Silver March 19, 2019 1 Comments 590 views Share This March 2019 is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, let’s meet Julia Berenice: queen of Judea, political operator in a Roman arena, and lover of Titus—the destroyer of Jerusalem. Julia Berenice was born into the Herodian royal family in the late 20s C.E.
In this painting by Russian artist Vasily Surikov dated to 1875, the Apostle Paul speaks before King Agrippa II, his sister Julia Berenice, and the proconsul Festus. At a young age, Julia Berenice was wed to Alexandrian Jew Marcus Julius Alexander. The practice of uncle-niece (avunculate) marriage was legal under Jewish law and common among many royal families of the day. This title went beyond an honorific. Berenice bore Herod of Chalcis two sons: one named after herself—Berenicianus—and the other had a traditional Hasmonean moniker, Hyrcanus. Women in the Bible The Masada Siege. Women of the Ancient Near East: Beturia Paulina. A Roman convert to Judaism Carly Silver April 17, 2019 0 Comments 866 views Share What survives in the archaeological record never ceases to be a marvel. There are a few unique references to Roman women converting to Judaism—inasmuch as one can term that religion as a singular entity in antiquity—in the first century C.E.
As various religions filtered throughout the Mediterranean, people began following different gods, ranging from the worship of Isis to the that of the Jewish God. In 1592, a Flemish tourist trekking through Italy copied the unusual inscriptions he came across in the Jewish catacombs of Rome. Vigna Randanini catacombs. Based on her moniker, the tomb’s inhabitant likely grew up worshiping the gods of the Roman Empire. In the inscription, she’s described as having been a “proselita,” usually translated as “convert,” for 16 years. A wall painting from the the Villa Torlonia catacombs depicting the seven-branched menorah. Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Women in the Bible. Where Is Sodom? Where Is Sodom? Genesis 13, archaeology and Biblical geography provide clues Biblical Archaeology Society Staff February 10, 2019 44 Comments 958 views Share According to the Bible, “the men of Sodom were wicked” (Genesis 13, verse 13).
For its many sins, God destroyed Sodom and all the inhabitants of the “cities of the plain” in an intense conflagration, but not before allowing Abraham’s nephew Lot and his family to flee to safety. The stories of Sodom and its destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have occurred near the Dead Sea, among the so-called “cities of the plain” mentioned in Genesis 13, verse 12.
In the article “Where Is Sodom?” So where is Sodom, according to the Biblical geography of Genesis 13? Seeking to answer the question “Where is Sodom?” Read responses by scholars Bill Schlegel and Todd Bolen regarding the location of Sodom. BAS Library Members: Read the full article “Where Is Sodom?” Not a BAS Library member yet? Fact-checking the Book of Amos: There was a huge quake in eighth century B.C.E. - Archaeology. Comments on the Historical Background of.
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