Judaism
There are 298 items in Judaism:
Corinth, Relief of Three Menorahs |
The Tell al-Rimah Stela
Tell al-Rimah Stela (797 BCE): inscription by Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III, in which he describes his successes in the west. Adad-Nirari…
Cyrene, Downtown, Inscription mentioning the Jewish Revolt |
Daniel 11 in Context
Daniel 11: Jewish apocalyptic text about the Syrian Wars, waged between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. Although the text is cryptic, all events can be identified.Although the Biblical book of Daniel describes the visions of a prophet who is presented…Daniel on Nebuchadnezzar's madness
In October 539 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus took Babylon, the ancient capital of an oriental empire covering modern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. In a broader sense, Babylon was the ancient world's capital of scholarship and science. The subject…Daniel on the fourth beast
In about 165 BCE, an anonymous Jew composed the Biblical book of Daniel. Daniel was, in his view, a Jewish prophet who had lived at the Babylonian court and had had visions of the future. Two of these visions are…Daniel's Son of Man
Coin of Alexander, with ram's horns The book of Daniel was written during the Maccabaean revolt, a rebellion against the Seleucid…Diaspora
Diaspora (Greek for "dispersion"): indication for the Jews living outside the land of Israel. The Hebrew word is Tefutsot.Origins of the Dispersion …Dukkan-e Daud
Dukkan-e Daud ("David's shop"): modern name of a late-Achaemenid rock tomb with a small relief of a Zoroastrian priest. The tomb…
Dura Europos, Synagogue, Wall painting |
Dura Europos, Synagogue, Wall painting |
Dura Europos, Synagogue, Wall painting |