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Sep 5 Blog

Pilgrims’ Progress to Byzantine Jerusalem

Jerusalem has been revered as a holy city for millennia—with pilgrims a staple feature in its bustling streets. Egeria’s Travels and the journals of the Bordeaux Pilgrim and the Piacenza Pilgrim demonstrate that this was as true in the Byzantine period as it is today.

Aug 21 Blog

First Temple Period Inscription May Preserve Biblical Name

By: Robin Ngo

A ceramic bowl with an inscription that may allude to a Biblical figure was recently uncovered among thousands of First Temple period pottery sherds, clay lamps and figurines near Jerusalem’s Gihon Spring. The partially-preserved ancient Hebrew inscription roughly transliterates into English characters as “ryhu bn bnh.” When translated, this name is similar to Zechariah the son of Benaiah, whose name appears in 2 Chronicles 20:14. In the Biblical narrative, Zahaziel (son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph) prophesied to King Jehoshaphat before the king went to war against the kingdoms of Ammon and Moab.

Jul 10 Blog

Jerusalem’s Earliest Alphabetic Text

By: Megan Sauter

Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has uncovered an inscribed jar fragment from her excavations near the Temple Mount. Dating to the tenth century B.C., the inscription is the earliest alphabetic text ever found in Jerusalem.

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