In “Samson in the Synagogue” in the January/February 2013 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Jodi Magness presents the recent mosaic discoveries from Huqoq, including a mysterious depiction of two female faces flanking a Hebrew (or Aramaic) inscription. In this online exclusive, read a translation and analysis of the inscription by David Amit of the Israel Antiquities Authority along with a discussion of who these women may have been by University of Louisville’s Karen Britt.
Read a Bible History Daily introduction to “Samson in the Synagogue”
Read David Amit’s “Mosaic Inscription from a Synagogue at Horvat Huqoq.”
Read Karen Britt’s “The Huqoq Synagogue Mosaics.”
Read Jodi Magness’s “Samson in the Synagogue” in the BAS Library.
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