by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Masada, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
The discovery of a room on Masada they could confidently call a synagogue caused great excitement in the scholarly world. It had long been believed that the synagogue, an institution in which Jews prayed, was a later invention, created after and because of the...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Masada, Pottery
Ten names are recorded on the lots—pieces of pottery with names written on them—found at Masada, replicated and offered here by Biblical Reproductions. Professor Yigael Yadin, who directed two great seasons of excavation at Masada between 1963 and 1965, believed these...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
The mezuzah, contains the following verses from the book of Deuteronomy which observant Jews write on a scroll and affix to the doorposts of their houses and rooms. The passages are: ^4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ^5 Love the Lord your God with...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions
The Temple Courts Inscription, also known as the Temple Warning Inscription, is a block of limestone measuring 33.5 cm (13.19 inches) long, 22 cm (8.66 inches) high and 14.5 cm (5.7 inches) deep. It contains an inscription, seven complete lines of Greek writing, on...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Monumental Inscriptions
The dream of every archaeologist is to find writing in the ancient debris of Biblical cities! It happens rarely, but the excavators of the Biblical city of Dan struck gold. Digging in the plaza outside the main gate of the ancient city, archaeologists found a...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Masada, Pottery
The fortress of Masada, the last place to fall to the Romans in the Great Revolt of Judea against Rome, was taken on Passover day of the year 73 AD. The defenders had decided that the last thing they could do on earth was to deny the Romans the pleasure of torturing...
