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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

Arubas, Benjamin
Lipschits, Oded
Gadot, Yuval

Hardcover

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralIsrael & Palestine History

ISBN10: 1575064987
ISBN13: 9781575064987
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: Mar 24 2017
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.70 Depth: 11.30
Language: English

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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