What Are the Stones Whispering?: Ramat Raḥel: 3,000 Years of Forgotten History

What Are the Stones Whispering?: Ramat Raḥel: 3,000 Years of Forgotten History
ISBN-10
1575064995
ISBN-13
9781575064994
Category
Social Science
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2017-03-17
Publisher
Penn State Press
Authors
Oded Lipschits, Manfred Oeming, Yuval Gadot

Description

The excavations at Ramat Raḥel, just south of Jerusalem, revealed a complex of structures that existed for hundreds of years in which the Kingdom of Judah was a vassal of diverse empires. Over some 500 years, jars bearing seals were stored at the site. The findings throw new light on the late First Temple period and on most of that of the Second Temple. During these centuries Ramat Raḥel was the administrative contact point between Judah and the ruling empires. This is what enabled independent Judean control of Jerusalem and the Temple, and the ability to maintain Jewish identity within Jerusalem almost without outside intervention and supervision. All this came to an end during the Hasmonean revolt.

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