Excavations at Sepphoris

Excavations at Sepphoris
Author: James Francis Strange
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2006-11-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9047404319

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This volume concerns the excavations at ancient Sepphoris, Israel, from 1983 to 1987. It contains a detailed report on the history of the site, based on literary sources, excavations, and investigations.

Sepphoris I

Sepphoris I
Author: Eric M. Meyers
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2013-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575066998

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Sepphoris, “the ornament of all Galilee” according to Josephus, was an important Galilean site during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods and into early Islamic times. It served as Herod Antipas’s capital of Galilee in the late first century B.C.E. and the early first century C.E., and the Sanhedrin (the supreme Jewish judicial authority) was located there for a time in the third century C.E. Extensive excavations on the western acropolis—probably the location of many of the Jewish occupants of this multicultural city—by the Duke University-Hebrew University project in the mid- to late 1980s and the Duke excavations of the 1990s produced a remarkable assemblage of ceramic wares. This book provides an overview of the history and chronology of the site. It then presents a detailed examination of the pottery. Featuring 55 plates with line-drawings as well as some photos of the various ceramic types, this important publication will be essential for all studies of the archaeology of early Judaism and Christianity in the Holy Land.

Sepphoris II

Sepphoris II
Author: Eric C. Lapp
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575064057

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Sepphoris was an important Galilean site from Hellenistic to early Islamic times. This multicultural city is described by Flavius Josephus as the “ornament of all Galilee,” and Rabbi Judah the Prince (ha-Nasi) codified the Mishnah there around 200 CE. The Duke University excavations of the 1980s and 1990s uncovered a large corpus of clay oil lamps in the domestic area of the western summit, and this volume presents these vessels. Richly illustrated with photos and drawings, it describes the various shape-types and includes a detailed catalog of 219 lamps. The volume also explores the origins of the Sepphoris lamps and establishes patterns of their trade, transport, and sale in the lower city’s marketplace. A unique contribution is the use of a combined petrographic and direct current plasma-optical emission spectrometric (dcp-oes) analysis of selected lamp fabrics from sites in Israel and Jordan. This process provided valuable information, indicating that lamps found in Sepphoris came from Judea, the Decapolis, and even Greece, suggesting an urban community fully engaged with other regional centers. Lamp decorations also provide information about the cosmopolitan culture of Sepphoris in antiquity. Discus lamps with erotic scenes and mythological characters suggest Greco-Roman influences, and menorahs portrayed on lamps indicate a vibrant Jewish identity.

Sepphoris

Sepphoris
Author: Eric M. Meyers
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1992
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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Sepphoris in Galilee

Sepphoris in Galilee
Author: Rebecca Martin Nagy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1996
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

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The Sepphoris Synagogue

The Sepphoris Synagogue
Author: Zeev Weiss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2005
Genre: Decoration and ornament, Architectural
ISBN:

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From Dura to Sepphoris

From Dura to Sepphoris
Author: Daṿid ʻAmit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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Jesus: His Story in Stone

Jesus: His Story in Stone
Author: Mike Mason
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1525512218

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Jesus: His Story in Stone is a reflection on still-existing stone objects that Jesus would have known, seen, or even touched. Each of the seventy short chapters is accompanied by a photograph taken on location in Israel. Arranged chronologically, the one-page meditations compose a portrait of Christ as seen through the significant stones in His life, from the cave where He was born to the rock of Calvary. While packed with historical and archaeological detail, the book’s main thrust is devotional, leading the reader both spiritually and physically closer to Jesus.