Monday, July 25, 2016

Daily Life In Ancient Israel

Interested in what life was like for the tribes of Israel during the time of the Biblical Judges (1200-1000 B.C.E)? In the Bible History Daily article, "Daily Life In Ancient Israel" you can find reliable information to answer all your questions. 

"Israelites lived in nuclear households during the time of the Biblical Judges, often with their relatives in clusters of houses around a common courtyard. Houses were made of mudbrick with a stone foundation and perhaps a second story of wood. The living space of the houses consisted of three or four rooms, often with sleeping space on the roof or in a covered roof loft." - Bible History Daily Staff Writer

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Ninth Israeli World Heritage Site Announced

UNESCO recently announced that Beit She'arim is to be the ninth Israeli World Heritage site. This site was at one pint a prosperous settlement during the period of the Mishnah's redaction. The site includes 30 burial caves where the rich and scholarly, including the chief redactor of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi were buried. 

Entrance of the Cave of Coffins, Beit She'arim National Park (Photo: Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
 "This is the most important ancient Jewish cemetery, and it contains a wide variety of architectural burial styles, containing a varied wealth of Classical Oriental Roman art, combined with folk art, with hundreds of inscriptions in four languages - Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic and Palmyric."- Itamar Eichner

Read more about this new Israeli World Hertiage site in the article, "Beit She'arim declared World Heritage Site" courtesy of Ynet News

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Monday, July 11, 2016

To Jerusalem: Pilgramage Road Identified?

Today's blog features the very interesting article, "To Jerusalem: Pilgrimage Road Identified?" written by Robin Ngo of Bible History Daily. The article discusses the many roads that Jewish pilgrims would travel during their Jerusalem pilgrimage. 

"As the point where three of the world’s major religions converge, Israel’s history is one of the richest and most complex in the world."
- Robin Ngo



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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Jews Revive Annual Pilgrimage to Africa's Oldest Synagogue

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Today's blog features the Reuters published article that highlights the revival of one of Judaism's annual pilgrimages in one of Africa's oldest synagogues. Guarded by armed Tunisian police, Jewish revelers chant and dance in a three-day pilgrimage to the El Ghriba synagogue. The 2011 celebration was cancelled due to the fall of former Tunis president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and then in 2012 only a few Jews were in attendance out of fear of possible attacks by hardline Islamists.


Perez Trabelsi, head of the Jewish community in the Tunisian island, Djerba, hopes that every year this celebration continues to grow in attendance due to the strong presence of security. "We are here to send a message of peace and tolerance embracing everyone," said a Tunisian woman named Zahayra Lakhel, putting on a Jewish head scarf before she entered the synagogue.

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