Secrets of the Cave of Letters: Rediscovering a Dead Sea Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591022053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Freund and a team from the University of Hartford returned to the Cave of Letters and discovered exciting new evidence about the use of the cave. It was used as a repository of bronze artifacts from the temple of Jerusalem, which the Romans destroyed during the First Jewish Rebellion of 66-70. Freund presents these intriguing findings in an absorbing account that combines fascinating history with elements of suspense and mystery. Freund and his colleagues also suggest a connection between the Cave of Letters and the most famous of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the mysterious Copper Scroll, an ancient list of temple treasures. Using modern technology, the Hartford team established that the cave was not only inhabited in the 2nd century but in the first century as well. Among the evidence were letters from Bar Kokhba, a messianic leader of a Jewish rebellion against the Romans in the 2nd century whose meteoric rise and fall in some ways parallel the life of Jesus of Nazareth.In 1997, archaeologist Richard A. Finally, he shows how in modern times Yadin and others used the heroic Bar Kokhba as an inspiration for forging the modern State of Israel’s new self-identity.Bringing together an exciting tale of discovery, the history of the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, and the politics of the modern Middle East, Secrets of the Cave of Letters is both educational and an engrossing page-turner.. One of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries in Is
Freund (West Hartford, CT) is Maurice Greenberg Professor of History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. . He is the editor of and a contributor to Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Bethsaida Excavations Project Reports and Studies, Volumes I and II. Richard A
. About the Author Richard A. Freund (West Hartford, CT) is Maurice Greenberg Professor of History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. He is the editor of and a contributor to Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Bethsaida Excavations Project Reports and Studies, Volumes I and II
Robert Feather said Illusory secrets. There is no doubt Richard Freund and his team have made some important discoveries as a result of their excavations at Bethsaida in Galilee, and the Cave of Letters near the Dead Sea, but some of the assumptions from the latter work go far beyond the evidence. In fairness the author prefaces his book with the proviso that it is written as a popular work and not a