by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Monumental Inscriptions, Pontius Pilate, Stone
The New Testament refers to Pontius Pilate 60 times. Two of the references add the title “governor” to his name ( Matthew 27:2, and Luke 3:1). Historians, following Josephus, have generally added the rank of Procurator to his name when describing him, but this title...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
The Dead Sea Scrolls have revealed to us that there were different manuscripts of Holy Scripture, including, of course, the Ten Commandments, in circulation during the last centuries BCE and first century CE; that is, in the time of Jesus. We learn that these...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All
“The Crucified Man”, a replica of whose bones is offered here by Biblical Reproductions, is a grim remainder from a cruel ancient world. Discovered during excavations in a tomb in the Giv’at Ha-Mivtar neighborhood of northern Jerusalem in 1968, it is the heel bone of...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Ceramics, Pottery
The oil lamp presented here by Biblical Reproductions is an example of one of the most common household items of the Biblical world. Every household had lamps. The oil came from the fruit of the olive tree, of course, and olive is the most famous tree of Israel. It...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Monumental Inscriptions, Pontius Pilate, Stone
Pontius Pilate was the fifth Roman governor of Judea, ruling the province under the supervision of the Legate of Syria and, through him, of the Emperor. He was the most famous of the governors because he was the one who presided over the trial and execution of...
