Israel (and Palestine territories)
There are 230 items in Israel (and Palestine territories):
Palestinian Talmud, Ta'anit 4.5
Simon ben Kosiba, surnamed Simon bar Kochba ("son of the star") was a Jewish Messiah. Between 132 and 135, he was the leader of the last resistance against the Romans. After the end of the disastrous rebellion, the rabbis called…The baby of Jotapata
Jotapata The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus (37-c.100) is our most important source for the study of the conflict mentioned in…The Egyptian Prophet
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.The Egyptian prophet (between 52 and 58…
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The History Augusta on Bar Kochba
Simon ben Kosiba, surnamed Simon bar Kochba ("son of the star") was a Jewish Messiah. Between 132 and 135, he was the leader of the last resistance against the Romans. After the end of the disastrous rebellion, the rabbis called…The Samaritan Prophet
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.The Samaritan prophet (36 CE) Source: Flavius Josephus,…The Temple Inscription
Temple Inscription: brief inscription from the Temple of Jerusalem, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum.King Herod the Great rebuilt the Jerusalem temple. It consisted of the sacred building itself, situated on a court ("Court of the Women") that was surrounded…Theudas
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.Theudas (about 45 CE) Sources: Flavius Josephus, Jewish…Tiberias
Tiberias: capital of Galilee, founded by Herod Antipas.Tiberias On the western shore of Lake Galilee capital of Galilee, founded between 17 and 20 CE by Herod Antipas, who wanted a second residence (besides Sepphoris) unfortunately, situated on top of a cemetery; few people…Wen-Amun
Wen-Amun: Egyptian diplomat, famous for his misadventurous voyage to Byblos in the early eleventh century BCE. A king of the Twentieth Dynasty…
Today, the Yarmouk is the border between Jordan in the south (R) and Syria and Israel in the north, This photo was taken from the Golan Heights. |
Yehuda ha-Nasi
Yehuda ha-Nasi (c. 200 CE): rabbi, collector of rabbinical traditions, author of the Mishnah. Sepphoris, House of the Dionysus Mosaic, Detail.…