Judaism
There are 298 items in Judaism:
Aqedah
Aqedah: name of the Biblical story about the binding of Isaac. Marble fragment with the Aqedah (Beirut) The Biblical book of Genesis…Athronges
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Athronges, the shepherd (4 BCE) Sources: Flavius Josephus,…
Babylonian tablet mentioning King Jehoiachin |
Beirut, Inscription mentioning Queen Berenice and King Agrippa II |
Berg en Dal, Orientalis
Sometimes, the history of a museum is as interesting as its collection. The Dutch Museum Orientalis in Berg en Dal (near Nijmegen) was founded almost a century ago - in 1911 to be precise - and was meant to offer…Berossus on Nebuchadnezzar
The third book of Berossus' Babylonian history we find accounts of the reigns of several kings. One of these is the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562). Unfortunately, Berossus' own account is lost, but it was summarized by the Jewish historian…
Beth Shean, Hill |
Bethlehem
Bethlehem: town in Judaea, birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth.Bethlehem Bethlehem on the Madaba Map Already mentioned in the Amarna Letters (fourteenth century…Bible
Bible (Greek τὰ βιβλία, "the books"): name of a collection of Jewish and Christian religious literature, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. …
Biblical genealogy |
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Fifth-largest museum of the United States, various collections. The Nubian collection is the largest outside Sudan. There are 12 items in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts: …Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima: Roman city, capital of of the province Judaea/Palaestina.History Hippodrome Phoenician port (Migdal Šoršon) Hellenistic: Sidonian outpost named "Strato's Tower" (259 BCE:…