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(0)Jodi Magness
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
x, 265 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The dramatic story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire, as revealed by the archaeology of its famous site. Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children-the last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Temple-reportedly took their own lives rather than surrender to the Roman army. This dramatic event, which took place on top...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Pbk ed.
Physical Desc
x, 238 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been described as the most important archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. Deposited in caves surrounding Qumran by members of a Jewish sect, who lived at the site in the first century BCE and first century CE, they provide invaluable information about Judaism in the last centuries BCE.
Like the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Qumran site continues to be the object of intense scholarly debate. In a book meant to introduce...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xv, 335 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit Jodi Magness unearths "footprints" buried in both archaeological and literary evidence to shed new light on Jewish daily life in Palestine from the mid-first century b.c.e. to 70 c.e. - the time and place of Jesus' life and ministry.
Magness analyzes recent archaeological discoveries from such sites as Qumran and Masada together with a host of period texts, including the New Testament, the works of Josephus, and rabbinic...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
For followers of the three Abrahamic faiths, Jerusalem is the place where the presence of the God of Israel dwells -the meeting point of heaven and earth and the locus of divine and human interaction. 'Jerusalem through the Ages' explores how these beliefs came to be associated with the city by introducing readers to its complex and layered history, providing a broad yet detailed account, including the most recent archaeological discoveries. Each...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The power of religion touches all of our lives, no matter what our faith is. This is Morgan Freeman's journey to discover how our beliefs connect us all. The quest of our generation. This is The Story of God.
