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Lethargic Man (anag.)
Entries tagged with archaeology
Notes from Limmud 2015: The Rabbi and the Catacomb: The Necropolis of Beit She'arim
Thursday,
August
18th
,
2016
12:26 pm
(
Read more. Guaranteed (well, almost) to change your view of רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא, the compiler of the Mishna
)
Crossposts:
http://lethargic-man.livejournal.com/533288.html
Notes from Limmud 2012: Archaeological speculation on the origins of the second [sic] commandment
Sunday,
January
13th
,
2013
03:37 pm
(
'Why were graven images of God prohibited in Exodus 20:4? Why do such images disappear from the archaeological record in the early Iron Age circa 1200 BCE, after being so popular in the preceding Bronze Age? The presenter thinks he has an idea, but you might not like it...'
)
Crossposts:
http://lethargic-man.livejournal.com/428796.html
Notes from Limmud 2012: How Israel Began
Thursday,
January
10th
,
2013
01:43 pm
(
The Bible paints a picture of the history behind the origin of the Israelite people, but the archaeology doesn't seem to show evidence of conquest of Canaan. So who were the Israelites, and where did they come from?
)
Crossposts:
http://lethargic-man.livejournal.com/428508.html
Notes from Limmud 2009: The Synagogue of Dura-Europos
Monday,
May
3rd
,
2010
12:47 pm
(
Lots of third-century wall-paintings; and an attempt to unravel their meaning
)
Notes from Limmud 2008: New Archaeological Insights on the Exodus and Mount Sinai
Sunday,
February
8th
,
2009
12:30 pm
(
Has Mt Sinai been found?
)
Notes from Limmud 2007: Two Jewish Temples in Ancient Egypt
Sunday,
February
3rd
,
2008
02:24 pm
(
Read more...
)
Notes from Limmud 2006: Has the Teacher of Righteousness Been Found?
Saturday,
February
3rd
,
2007
06:41 pm
(
The Teacher of Righteousness, the elusive leader of the Essenes, is mentioned dozens of times in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Has his grave now been found?
)
Notes from Limmud 2006: The Rediscovery of the City of Yavne
Wednesday,
January
31st
,
2007
09:37 pm
(
The destruction of the Temple in 70 CE necessitated the need for a second Jerusalem: Yavne, where R. Yoḥanan ben Zakkai went to restore Judaism. Yavne is the most used name for a Jewish day school around the world—but it had never been excavated before 2003. One would have thought it an obvious candidate for excavation! If it is so important, why was it not amongst the high priority places excavated?
)
Talk transcript: The Jews of Elephantine
Thursday,
December
8th
,
2005
11:43 pm
(
A fascinating and unexpected bit of Jewish history
)
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Page Summary
Notes from Limmud 2015: The Rabbi and the Catacomb: The Necropolis of Beit She'arim
Notes from Limmud 2012: Archaeological speculation on the origins of the second [sic] commandment
Notes from Limmud 2012: How Israel Began
Notes from Limmud 2009: The Synagogue of Dura-Europos
Notes from Limmud 2008: New Archaeological Insights on the Exodus and Mount Sinai
Notes from Limmud 2007: Two Jewish Temples in Ancient Egypt
Notes from Limmud 2006: Has the Teacher of Righteousness Been Found?
Notes from Limmud 2006: The Rediscovery of the City of Yavne
Talk transcript: The Jews of Elephantine
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